from georgia reserves. for yielding. i rise today to urge my colleagues to support the pain-capable unborn child protection act. we have a responsibility to defend the most vulnerable in our nation and that's exactly what this legislation does. it protects unborn children from abortion at five month -- at five months. it is truly disheartening that i have to beg many of my colleagues to support a bill like this, when it is scientifically proven that unborn babies feel pain after five months. premature infants in the nicu are protected from pain. children in the womb should be protected from pain also. i will always fight for the right to life and i believe we have a responsibility to defend all innocent lives. mr. allen: in fact, this is close to home i have four children -- home. i have four children. one son and three daughters. i've had to see both my wife and all of my daughters experience difficult pregnants and make difficult choices. i can't -- pregnancies and make difficult choices. i can't imagine

collins of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: purr -- the chair: pursuant to house resolution 577, the gentleman from georgia and a member opposed shall each control five minutes. chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. the department of treasury's interpretation of current law prohibts it from making public the names of plaintiffs. my amendment clarifies that these names, which this bill requires to be disclosed, will in fact be disclosed. in january, 2016, it was reported that the united states agreed to pay $1.7 billion to iran in a settlement arising from an agreement to sell military equipment to iran prior to the 1979 iranian revolution. at the time it was known that $400 million in cash had been transferred to iran, but it was unclear, even after public inquiry, how the remaining $1.3 billion had been paid. on august 22, 2016, the new york sun reported that while conducting an ongoing but fruitless search of iran as a claimant in the treasury database, it f

speaker, families in pascrell to my friend's state, the state of georgia, great lose a georgia, will deduction of $9,000, those families, on average. i think you are concerned about that. you cannot deduction of $9,000 not. the fact of the matter is -- you used the word, through the speaker, you used the word that your states are subsidizing the donor states? let me give you an idea of new jersey. states like west virginia, the average salt deduction claim is $9,463 per household n ohio it's $10,445. in wisconsin it's $11,6 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: another 30 seconds. this will probably have to be it unfortunately we have so many speakers over here i wish i could enjoy the loneliness my colleague from georgia enjoys nobody wants to speak on the budget. . pascrell: the 38th, 39th state. where new jersey is. subsidizes whom? go back and tell the secretary of the treasury, he doesn't know what he's talking about. he says new jersey is being subsidized? not these numbers. show that. don't you can't defend this. you can't defend it under

i'm tried to step out regions in georgia. folks delaying debate, folks won't let me get my people in place. this is so important. it came with its own line. then't want to diminish importance of this issue on either side. i want to insist that it will not be decided during this hour today. i want to insist that it will not be decided on partisan lines. i would ask of you and my friends here on the floor, we have two things we could do with our voices. sewan either so -- consensus or discontent. we are passionate about these that webut to suggest are not when to come together and sorted out, and do the best we can is to sell this institution short. and it is to further the miss information that the media sense out about us every day. we are better than that. i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from massachusetts. time, speaker, at this let me yield another 30 seconds. my friends great state of georgia will lose at tax induction of $9,000 to those families on average. you are concerned about that. you cannot insi

the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: we do have one more speaker and we will be ready to cloudy skies. mr. speaker, it is my privilege to recognize my colleague from georgia from georgia's 12th congressional district, congressman rick allen for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. allen: thank you, doug. rise today to support my fellow colleague's bill. one of the biggest complaints i hear about the federal government is the lack of accountability or these back-room deals. when glaring example of this is sue andreferenced to as settle. left-leaning groups would sue a federal agency to try and enact regulatory changes without going through the normal rulemaking process. both parties, the federal government and special interest groups settle in court with an already agreed-upon deal. regulatory rules are then made quickly without any public notice of the input of any other relevant parties but carry the rule of law. these new rules are often the most burdensome and cost our busin

speaker, families in pascrell to my friend's state, the state of georgia, great lose a georgia, will deduction of $9,000, those families, on average. i think you are concerned about that. you cannot deduction of $9,000 not. the fact of the matter is -- you used the word, through the speaker, you used the word that your states are subsidizing the donor states? let me give you an idea of new jersey. states like west virginia, the average salt deduction claim is $9,463 per household n ohio it's $10,445. in wisconsin it's $11,6 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: another 30 seconds. this will probably have to be it unfortunately we have so many speakers over here i wish i could enjoy the loneliness my colleague from georgia enjoys nobody wants to speak on the budget. . pascrell: the 38th, 39th state. where new jersey is. subsidizes whom? go back and tell the secretary of the treasury, he doesn't know what he's talking about. he says new jersey is being subsidized? not these numbers. show that. don't you can't defend this. you can't defend it under

the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. ferguson: at this time i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from south carolina. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to this proposed amendment to the budget resolution. i think it's very important when discussing spending often ss suggested before us to remember that we do not live in a fantasy world. we live in a world where resources are limited. and we have to make difficult choices. these are the same choices every their budget th every day of the year. currently our national debt rests at over $20 trillion. the entire u.s. g.d.p. in 2016 every day was only 18.5. should we continue to spend money without restraint that we don't have? this proposal never balances. it does raise taxes though. with the tax increases in this proposed $3.9 trillion, one would expect the fwouget balance. what this does do is add over $1 trillion in new spending. what's another $1 trillion then you're only $20 trillion in

ohnson of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 577 the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the entleman from georgia. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to offer an amendment to the so-called stop settlement slush funds act. it's not a slush fund at all. it's a fund that goes to compensate people who are harmed due to the wrongdoing of mostly large multinational orporations. and so it's misnamed. there is no slush fund here this is an unwise and odious bill and what my amendment would do would be to exempt cases concerning manipulations f emissions standards from the harshness of this bill. so in other words, the federal government through the e.p.a. could institute a lawsuit against a firm or company, large multinational foreign company like volkswagen, as it did a couple years ago, and obtain benefits that would accrue to not just the direct recipients of the harm from volkswagen but also to society at large that was harmed by volkswagen's fraudulent activity. you see, what happen

certainly in georgia i've got geoia chamber of georgia chamb is on that list. so our folks back home are supportive. if you're from alaba, i have alabamans on here. if you're from baton rouge. from battle creek, i have battle creek. because what we're working on here isn't a republican budget, mr. speaker. working on here isn't a regional budget. what we're working working on ht a regional budget. what we're working on here is the national budget for the united states of america that can be transformational for absolutely every citizen in absolutely every corner of this country. we have that opportunity. i think we're going to seize that opportunity, but we can't do it until we move this rule to get to the underlying bills. i encourage my colleagues to do that. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record letters from the u.a.w., s.e.i.u., the national treasury -- the speake

herman was a man who wore many hats in the pembroke, georgia, community. he worked at a barbershop for many years before serving as a brian county probait judge. venison, uayle, barbecue pork on the courthouse grounds. his events became extremely popular and eventually garnered the title of cafe. more specifically, the roadkill cafe, because of the large amount of choices he served. he served not only courthouse staff and law enforcement but people from across pembroke and the state of georgia, including some of the state's highest officials. he retired in 2000, and his roadside feasts were special for anyone who was lucky enough to attend. mr. butler certainly will be missed. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize admiral lower half randy prisis for his promotion to rear admiral upper half. he serves as commander of submarine group 10 in the extreme southern portion of the first congressional district of georgia. since he signed up to sign up in 1985, he has proven himself an outstanding leader. among his many accomplishments, he completed for patrols whi

goodlatte: the question is on the gentleman from georgia's amendment. all in favor say aye. all opposed nay. in the opinion of the chair, the nays still have it. clerk: mr. goodlatte/ . no. votes no., mr. smith bot mr. king? mr. gomer? mr. jordan? po. mr. marino? mr. gowdy? ? mr. labrador? mr. labrador votes no. mr. farenthold. mr. collins. mr. desantis. mr. desantis votes no. no.buck, mr. buck votes mr. radcliffe. mr. gates votes no. mr. johnson of louisiana. mr. johnson votes no. mr. references --mr. rutherford votes no. mr. conyers votes aye. lofgren votes aye. mr. jackson lee votes aye. mr. gutierrez. yes/utierrez votes . mrs. bass/ . mr. richmond? mr. jeffries votes aye. mr. cicilline? lou votes aye. mr. raskin votes aye. mr. snyder votes aye. rep. goodlatte: are they any other members who want to be recorded? the gentleman from pennsylvania? the gentleman from iowa? k: mr. king beds n -- mr. king votes no. rep. goodlatte: the clerk will report. marino votes no. mr. chairman, 14 members voted no. 15 members votes the gentleman: from washington is recognized for an event

i like to remind people that it is located in georgia. we have worked with habitat for 36 years, one week each year. and it is known for volunteer work. we are ahead of any other n . last year there were 67 million americans who volunteered to help other people in america. that came to 8 billion hours of work, worth $184 billion, so that is what volunteers did last year. this year they will do more. five ofabout one out of a total population. we want to see what the other four people do. build 6000 agreed to houses in a devastated area, and -- [applause] jimmy carter: and to do this, all of us habitat volunteers will raise $100 million. and we have already raised $20 million, so we have got a long way to go. this is a wonderful project, and thatu want to contribute, is fine. if you want to contribute to 1-800-habitat.er so let's all work together. and make work together america still a greater volunteer nation. thank you very much. [applause and cheers] bill clinton: when president george h.w. bush was trying to persuade the congress to p

allen: he was born at fort gordon, georgia, and has always called waynes bro, georgia, home. he became interested in radio and electronics at the age of 9 and got a part-time job at wbro in waynesboro at the age of 14 where he worked full time after graduating from high school. harley moved to augusta in 1962 to help put wfnl on the air. i can remember in my high school days listening to handsome harley drew on wbbq as he was known for playing the all-time best oldies. he's also a past recipient of the augusta best radio personality award from augusta magazine, was given the lewis-harris award by the west augusta rooth rote are you club and he receive -- rotary club and he received numerous state and national awards for programming excellence. harley was a founding board member of the georgia radio hall of fame and also served as its vice president. in honor of his career achievements, he was inducted into the georgia radio hall of fame in 2011. harley anchored augusta's morning news on wgac until his retirement last friday, september 29, 2017. harley, congratulations on a re

johnson of georgia. mr. gutierrez. ms. bass. mr. richmond. mr. cicilline votes aye. mr. swalwell votes aye. aye.chneider votes >> and the chairman votes no. .lerk: mr. goodlett -- mr goodlatte votes no. mr. conyers votes aye. mr. lambert were votes no. no.r. labrador votes >> clerk will report. clerk: nine members voted aye, 13 members voted no. rep. goodlatte: for a purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? clerk will report the amendment. h242. a substitute to rep. goodlatte: the amendment is considered as read. the gentleman is recognized for five amendments. this recognizes the fundamental difference between meatpacking jobs and agricultural fill workers. it is a most regularly recognized that field labor is performed by illegal aliens, with some estimates exceeding 80%. yet there are many american workers and refugees and other legal immigrants who work in meatpacking. these jobs have been historically high paying. i will make sure that nothing in the bill can give employers an incentive to hire guestworkers over domestic meatpackers, or dissuade ameri

in the third district of georgia, the c.e.c. has led georgia by implementing an apprenticeship model and has since then we have seen apprenticeships continue to expand across our great state. i along with ms. bonamici are introducing the partners act today to bring more programs like this to students. adding this with h-1-b visas applicants, we can ensure workers can receive immediate work-based training without a cost to the taxpayers. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon, ms. bonamici, for five minutes. ms. bonamici: thank you, mr. speaker. i am pleased to be on the floor this morning to introduce bipartisan legislation with my colleague on the education and work force committee, congressman drew ferguson from georgia. our bill, promoting apprenticeships through regional training networks for employers required skills, or partners act, will help close the skills gap by increasing opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses

lewis is calling from way cross, georgia. good morning, lewis. caller: yeah. garbage in, garbage out. killing babies on monday, you'll be killing each other on friday. host: ok. and ryan, let's hear from danny now. danny is calling from louisville. danny, are you there? caller: yes. i was calling and i was wanting to make a comment. i think everybody needs to think about the first responders -- thank the first responders, how good a job they were doing. and for some of these last couple of callers and the guy from georgia, i think we really need to pray for them for having anger in their heart to understand, you know, what you give away your rights, you know, first and second amendment and then it's first amendment and it's just crazy talking going on. i think everybody needs to sit back and take a breath and try to see what's really going on, you know. not like killing babies on mondays and killing each other on friday. that's crazy stuff, you know? i don't know where they get that. all right. one caller acting like it didn't happen. that's unbelievable. host

. >> you are located in georgia, correct? georgia regime that you followed? >> yes we are in atlanta. allre being mindful of state laws for breach notification. also making sure we have an accurate understanding of what data has been compromised. that was not until late in august. >> mr. smith, i appreciate you being here today. i want to understand what capacity are you in today. are you a volunteer, i paid please makeld you it clear to me. i am the former chairman and ceo of 12 years. formertting here is a ceo and someone who has agreed to work with -- >> are you a volunteer? >> yes. you can you today to explain what has taken place you have the ability to talk about what happens going forward and how we can correct the mishaps the problems of equifax. are you empowered to do that today? i have the opportunity to talk from the perspective as a ceo. >> are you bound by the commitment from the company today? your capacity today is simply to try to explain and take responsibility rather than how we go forward for the future, is that right? >> correct. i have v

chairman, and i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. allen. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. allen: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the madam for her work on this incredible budget we're talking about here today. and i rise today in support of the f.y. 2018 budget entitled "building beater america." never has a budget had a more fitting title. the budget set forth by the house budget committee will balance the budget within 10 years, provides our military with the resources they need for national defense and cuts more than $200 billion in mandatory spending. picture this, $6.5 trillion in total deficit reduction over 10 years. on that fact alone, i would hope my colleagues would support this legislation. this budget also paves the way for the recently released unified framework for fixing our broken tax code. on a telephone town hall with thousands of constituents on the phone from my district, 53% of participants reported their most important priority for tax reform is a simpler, fairer tax code. th

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georgia. >> i represent the great state of georgia. i love georgia. with this news first came to me and my staff reported it, i immediately wanted to do everything i could to make sure we would be able to make sure that out of this, that after this that equifax would be standing tall. that they would be clean. that is my objective as a congressman from georgia. because, as you said, you represent a legacy for our great state. you are a 128 year old company. people,oy 20-30,000 many of whom are my constituents. many of whom work and toil at your company and they are great people doing a great job. rep. scott: it is important for the american people to know that what we have before us is a shameful situation for 145 tolion american citizens lose the privacy of their social security number. topit be known it is the management, it is you who is responsible for this. what i want to do is to be at the front of this. to make sure that equifax regains the confidence and trust of the american people. my comments to you are going to be geared to that. chairman

lewis is calling from way cross, georgia. good morning, lewis. caller: yeah. garbage in, garbage out. killing babies on monday, you'll be killing each other on friday. host: ok. and ryan, let's hear from danny now. danny is calling from louisville. danny, are you there? caller: yes. i was calling and i was wanting to make a comment. i think everybody needs to think about the first responders -- thank the first responders, how good a job they were doing. and for some of these last couple of callers and the guy from georgia, i think we really need to pray for them for having anger in their heart to understand, you know, what you give away your rights, you know, first and second amendment and then it's first amendment and it's just crazy talking going on. i think everybody needs to sit back and take a breath and try to see what's really going on, you know. not like killing babies on mondays and killing each other on friday. that's crazy stuff, you know? i don't know where they get that. all right. one caller acting like it didn't happen. that's unbelievable. host

georgia. >> i represent the great state of georgia. i love georgia. with this news first came to me and my staff reported it, i immediately wanted to do everything i could to make sure we would be able to make sure that out of this, that after this that equifax would be standing tall. that they would be clean. that is my objective as a congressman from georgia. because, as you said, you represent a legacy for our great state. you are a 128 year old company. people,oy 20-30,000 many of whom are my constituents. many of whom work and toil at your company and they are great people doing a great job. rep. scott: it is important for the american people to know that what we have before us is a shameful situation for 145 tolion american citizens lose the privacy of their social security number. topit be known it is the management, it is you who is responsible for this. what i want to do is to be at the front of this. to make sure that equifax regains the confidence and trust of the american people. my comments to you are going to be geared to that. chairman

i like to remained people remind people that habitat for humanity is located in georgia. my wife and i worked with habitat now for 36 years. at least one week each year. america is known for volunteer work. we're ahead of any other nation. last year, there were 67 million americans who volunteered to help other people in america. that came to 8 billion hours of work worth $184 billion. that's what volunteers did last year. this year they'll do lot more. that's about one out of five of total population of america. we'll see what the others do. habitat has agreed to fill 6000 houses in a devastated area. to do this all us habitat vos will raise $100 million. we've raised $20 million. we got a long way to go. this is a wonderful project and if you want to contribute, obviously -- you can remember this. 1-800-habitat. let's all work together and make america a greater volunteer nation. thank you very much. [applause] >> when president george h. w. bush was trying to persuade the congress to pass one of his endeavors the americans with disabilities act. he said, our problems a

delaware, georgia, louisiana, new jersey and south carolina. surprised with the number of states involved with those types of machines? those five are very vulnerab vulnerable. on thetates rely in part internet. am surprised and i think all americans ought to be alerted or ven alarmed by the experience last year because, as i said earlier, time is short to take the remedial action before next round. host: democrat's line from hello.nia, siro, caller: hi. my question, it sounds like your deals almost exclusively vulnerability, but my question goes to, did your with, can you tell, is there any trace evidence that can tell that machines actually were hacked and if changed?e been or is that something that would incorporated in future voting machines in the as another security element of the software? did not find evidence that votes had actually been the voting tally had been compromised in some way. and our report highlights what our investigation makes very clear is that the machines vulnerable. with an individual hacker can do a s in 90 minutes,

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia re-- the chair: the gentleman from georgia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition of h.r. 469, an unwarranted and costly intrusion into congress' powers under article 1 of the constitution that will undermine the enforcement of statutory deadlines. when passing laws, congress routinely establishes mandatory deadline for agency action. these statutory deadlines serves several purposes. they establish congressional priorities, attempt to reduce undo delay in agency's compliance with the law and communicate the importance of the legal requirement to the public. because agency resources are limited, there's widespread noncompliance with statutory deadlines. as the administrative conference of the united states has long observed. accordingly, a plaintiff may file a lawsuit to determine a schedule for an agency to complete an action required by congress, offered referred to as a deadline suit. as the nonpartisan government accountability off

jimmy carter: we say howdy in georgia also. it is a great pleasure for me to be here with the other presidents to carry out this project. i have just enjoyed seeing what the points of light does for the country. i have seen it for many years. i like to remind people that habitat for humanity is located in georgia. my wife and i have worked with habitat now for 36 years, at least one week each year. america is known for volunteer work. in fact, we are ahead of any other nation. last year there were 67 million americans who volunteered to help other people in america. that came to 8 billion hours of work, worth $184 billion, so that is what volunteers did last year. i hope this year they're going to do a lot more. [applause] jimmy carter: that's about one out of five of the total population of america. we will see what the other four people do. habitat has agreed to build 6000 houses in a devastated area, and -- [applause] jimmy carter: and to do this, all of us habitat volunteers will raise $100 million. and we have already rais

delaware, georgia, louisiana, new jersey, and south carolina. are you surprised with the number of states involved with those types of machines? guest: those five are very vulnerable, but there are other states that are very vulnerable because they rely in part on the internet.i am surprised . i think all americans ought to be alluded or even alarmed by the experience last year the cut as i said earlier, time is short to take some remedial actions before the next round. host: democrats line from california, ciro, hello. caller: my question, it sounds like you'll report deals almost exclusively with vulnerability, but my question goes to did you repor , deal with, is there any trace evidence you can tell that machines actually were hacked changed?tes have been or is that something that would need to be incorporated into future voting machines in the software as another security element of the software? guest: we did not find evidence that votes had actually been changed or that the voting tally have been compromised in some way. what our report h

. >> i need someone with real balls, not someone like you would two georgia pecans. >> i understand. past the belt. >> i am not doing that yet. >> please, no. >> you fear the tweets. are soo hard when you cute. come over here to daddy. [laughter] >> we will get through this. >> thank you. i may look adorable. >> nothing if not loyal. you were the first to get the republican party on my side. i'll always back them up because you're my guy, jeff. >> sorry to interrupt, sir, but chuck schumer is here and says you're working on some kind of secret deal together. president trump: yes, send him in. host: a reminder, back tomorrow morning, a live simulcast, c-span journal, among our guests, lawrence hurley and the start of october and a new term for the supreme court. the former c.i.a. deputy division chief will join us to get his perspective the situation along the d.m.z. and kim jong uning and pyongyang maya macguineas on the republican tax plan an deficit. tomorrow on c-span "washington journal" newsmakers is next. enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a great week ahead. [captions cop

host: ashley from atlanta, georgia. there are debates currently efforts about display including one about a native -- american -- about a naked woman. -- the artist said he saw it as an opportunity to spark a conversation about violence against women. it pictures a shorthaired, nude woman. times saying that the national park service is reviewing a group's proposal to bring it to washington. it would be posed to face the white house. scheduled to feature the display is on veterans day weekend. it would raise awareness about the equal rights amendment. the first anniversary of the women's march is on generate 21,, 2018 -- is on january 2018. next caller on the line. caller: getting back to the discussion on gun-control, one of the reasons why the second amendment was written was so that we could bear arms in case the government got out of hand. we could rise up against the government. that we could have an equal amount of guns to rise up against the government. i just wanted to bring that point. host: david on the indepen

>> 7%. >> i would look to the project in georgia where we are building units in waynesboro, georgia. not an easy place to get to. we've got 4000 construction workers to go to work there every day. i have spent more time than i probably should have down on the job site and when you go around and meet with them, whether on that project or any other project, our members, construction workers want to work. they don't want to sit around. the worst thing you could do on a ten hour shift is only be busy for four hours. our partnership with our contractor partners, how do you man your work and manage that day and how do you do that and if you go down to waynesboro you will see 4000 people come out of the project every day and they can look behind and see they are building the future power for this country and they are proud of what they are doing everyday. >> we thought they would be trendsetters and it remains to be seen -- >> i don't think they will. >> i would point to projects that are transformative and i will give you this example. we are surrounded by both water and mountains in the p

for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the life of sam coker who passed away on october 12, 2017, at 87 years of age. he was an active member of his community, serving as a church leader and board of trustee for 34 years at young harris college in young harris, georgia. he was a methodist member where he served in multiple churches across georgia. his dedication is exemplified by his multiple trips to jerusalem where he baptized friends and colleagues in the jordan river. mr. cart ter: in 2015 he was awarded the young harris college award for ted case to christian service. because of his love for education and others he created a scholarship in honor of his late wiff which enabled many students to achee higher education. dr. coker was a generous man and he will be greatly missed. thank you, mr. speak

this is from mckinsey of dalton, georgia. she is in the second grade. she wrote i am writing to tell you how much i appreciate what you are doing. i voted for you in my school election. my mom is bringing me to d.c. this spring break and i'm excited. everything. to see i'm excited to see the white house. my mom said we have to ask someone to come in and i hope we can. if you could meet me or see your office it would make my day. i would love to shake your hand. you are our leader, a hero, and a great man. yes, if you would like, i can bring something to eat. i've always heard that brings people together. i have the opportunity to share your letter with the president. he would love for you to visit us. i will give you a to her personally. if the president is here he would love to meet you. you are right about five bringing people together. the press staff would like to invite you to have lunch here in the west wing. we look forward to your visit and hope you will be in touch to make sure that happens. on a more serious note will have had a lot questions

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the junior member of georgia, was there any achieving a national following. >> watch afterwards on c-span twos book tv spend a at 9 p.m. eastern. >> at the white house, president trump/effective order to fix and access to health care insurance by allowing plans to be sold across the lines. the order directs agencies to expand rules for less comprehensive insurance including policies that could be sold by trade associations to their members. [applause] >> good morning. president trump and his administration are committed to ensuring hardworking americans have access to affordable health care. mr. president, your executive order signed today is an important step in achieving that goal. i want to thank you and your administration for continuing to focus in finding affordable health care solutions. in addition to instructions given to the treasury and health and human services departments, the president will task the department of labor with considering ways to deliver quality, affordable health care to the american workforce. i would i like to call upon senator randy hall to say a few brief

>> right here from the georgia house. the term "domestic terrorism" is used by both sides supporting and not. us.s used by us and against we were able to humanize a white man who committed mass murder. i guess to us, georgia republicans pushed a domestic terrorism bill that included limiting blocking a sidewalk, which is protesting. what resources are there for us to actually strengthen our messaging on what domestic terrorism means? so, specifically for charlottesville, just yesterday -- saturday night after richard spencer decided to come back to whatever,ville for they decided to come back sunday night or excuse me, sunday morning, i called on our commonwealth attorney to invoke a state statute we currently have that was put in place to kkk fromly stop the having a open gatherings and burning torches hand crosses on people's lawns. what we have said is we want to use that same statute or create a variance of one in which we will call on our state representatives to not allow anyone to have open torches or spaces.ches i

this one is from mckenzie from dalton, georgia. she is seven years old and she is in the second grade. she wrote, dear president trump, i'm writing to tell you how much i appreciate all that you are doing. i think you are an awesome president. in fact, i voted for you in my school election. my mom is bringing me to d.c. on spring break this year and i am very excited. i have never been there before. i can't wait to see everything. i am most excited to see the white house. my mom said we have to write someone to ask if we can come in and i hope we can. i know you are a busy man, but if you could meet me or if i could at least see your office, it would make my day. you are our leader, a hero, and a great man and i cannot wait to see you and help make america great again. sincerely, mckenzie. p.s. i can bring something to eat if i come. i have always heard that food brings people together. mckenzie, i had the opportunity to share your letter with the president earlier today and he said he would love to have you come and visit us here

georgia congressman john lewis has the democratic response. he offers ways to end gun violence. pres. trump: my fellow americans, on wednesday, i traveled to las vegas to meet with the victims of the horrific shooting, speak with their families, and thank

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that is the next caller from decatur, georgia, on the line for democrats. caller: how you doing? good morning. i watch c-span, i have a question. -- out of school and teaching kids about the political ideas and also ethics religion because how can ou put somebody ethically in the white house who -- females nd same time turn around and hold a bible up. there are a lot of questions because i'm an x-vietnam vet, i lived in segregation 21 years, why can't discussion ace started in america -- host: thank you, we'll get a response. larry o'conner. guest: big issue. at conservatives recognize this point days of having virtuous individuals like george in the oval tting office, even though he never sat white house ffice, wasn't built yet, has gone by side.ste supporters of bill clinton able to s years were compartmentalize its behavior church after the lewisnky situation. behave one way and we care about policies they put forth and sadly, i think that was learned. do i wish the president of the united states was more of a upstanding individual that my children can look up to after?del the

host: we will go to tommy, from decatur, georgia, republican line. ,aller: i heard this young lady and i want to make a statement and ask her question. i heard she said that by doing tax reform what will happen is and itere will be growth will take care of the hole in the budget. 1980ay be young, but in ronald reagan came in and tried the same thing. within the space of a few months he had to reverse because he had blown such a massive hole in the year, from tax increase after-tax increase. ever since then the republican party has been telling this to america. run away with that idea. apply the exact theory on a local level. aboutpublican idea cutting taxes to the bone for economic growth. the economy has been totally destroyed. what happens, republicans had to increase sove tax that your schools can stay open. host: what would you tell tommy? guest: i live in atlanta, so i'm kind of close to you indicator. make sure young, understand that while we are focused on what is good in this tax reform bill -- and there is a lot of good -- we also are workin

the gentleman from georgia talks about locking down tower. quite frankly republicans do have a majority in the house and slim majority in the senate and the current occupant in the house is from my party. so when we are trying to reduce potential misconduct by the executive branch, we're not doing it to take any money away. as a matter of fact, this law would clearly cause more money to flow from the same amount of initial payments, more money to flow to the victim. so we're trying to flow more money to the victims and no way reducing any aspect of settlements other than if they -- if the current occupant of the white house, the attorney general and the president want to give to a charity of their choice, do it with their own money or come to congress for authority. i resmb. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i'm going to give the gentleman from georgia, 30 seconds. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. the department of justice, the same federal agency tha

attorney for the northern district of georgia , where he prosecuted a series of cases on public corruption, gun trafficking and financial fraud. in he joined the office of the 2001, deputy attorney general where he served as associate deputy attorney general and then principal associate deputy attorney general with oversight responsibilities, spanning the full department. it's clearly a very rich curriculum vitae that makes him very appropriate for the job he holds now and the fbi. so without further ado why don't , i just let you make your remarks and then we will do some questions and answers. welcome. mr. wray: thank you. thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you, david. thanks to the heritage foundation for putting on this whole program so that we can have a better and more informed discussion about fisa section 702, which i think is sorely needed. i'm very happy to be here this morning and i'm extremely fired up to be back in public service at the fbi. as david says, i think i still qualify as new. i still feel new. and i spent the first to much months trying to get up to speed

deena from georgia. democrat. good morning. -- hypocrite republicans are talking about this weinstein guy. females accused him. it was ignored. fox news -- all therir sexual assault cases -- they contributed to the republican party. it was wrong what this guy did. he needs to be sent to jail. president trump did the same t hing. totally ignored. he was elected president. stop the hypocrisy. host: any response? guest: there has been discussion about what is the white house going to do. they let the party committees handle it. but there is a pot calling the kettle black type scenario. donald trump was asked about this and said, i am not surprised. the people in the white house and the party are uncomfortable with this issue. involvedes was very with democratic republicans and nixon's campaign. everyone has been asking stories about him and he was fired. there is no question that people have to tread very carefully with the allegations made against donald trump. a reporter was asked about weinstein during the briefin

with that i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. allen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. allen: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to congratulate our chairman black on the markup of this important piece of legislation. i want to as we all know, tax season is the worst. evokes images of stress, american families sending hard-earned money to the federal government. i for one have never been excited when it is tax season. as a business owner, it took on a whole new meaning. taxes affect all americans, but tax season shouldn't include months and months of , often required to hire tax professionals. our tax code is broken and millions of americans are looking to us to fix it. that's why republicans have released the unified tax reform framework to provide relief for hardworking americans and jump-start our economy. first it lowers taxes at every income level, allowing americans to keep more of their hard-earned paychecks. it delivers the lowest tax rates in modern history for job creators, allo

this one is from mckinsey from dalton, georgia. mckenzie is in the second grade dear president trump, i am writing to tell you how much i appreciate all you are doing. i think you are an awesome president. i voted for you in my school election. my mom is bringing me to d.c. on spring break this year. i have never been there before and i can't wait to see everything. i am most excited to see the white house. write said we have to someone to ask to come in and i hope we can. i know you are a busy man. if you could meet me and me see your office, it would make my day. you are a leader and a hero and a great man and i can't wait to see you and help make america great again. if you would like, i would -- i could bring something to eat when i come. i have always heard that food brings people together. i have the opportunity to share your letter with the president. he would love for you to visit us. i will give you a to her personally. if the president is here he would love to meet you. you are right about five bringing people together. t

>> we have a question over here. >> right here from the georgia house. the term "domestic terrorism" is used by both sides supporting the oppressors and the oppressed. it is used by us and against us. an example of how it is used by us, we were able to humanize the white man who is an american who committed mass murder. an example of against us, georgia republicans pushed a domestic terrorism bill that included limiting blocking a sidewalk, which is protesting. so what resources are there for , us to actually strengthen our messaging on what domestic terrorism means? >> specifically for charlottesville, just yesterday -- well, today is monday. saturday night after richard spencer decided to come back to charlottesville for whatever, they decided to come back sunday night, or excuse me, sunday morning. i called on our commonwealth attorney to invoke a state statute and we currently have put in place to essentially stop the kkk from having a open gathering and burning torches and burning crosses on people's lawns. what we have said is we want to use that s