alex in maryland. trump and biden can both be wrong. impeach trump, indict biden, and we will be out a president with still a dozen democratic candidates to pick from. the better question, c-span, is why do americans believe impeachment to be a coup when the founders included it in the constitution? the current constitution -- controversy rise to the level of impeachable offense, certainly more significant than lying about an affair. chris says it is high time the men in our nation's highest office be reminded he is not above the law and this one from rick in california, founders anticipated a president like trump and that is why they put the impeachment clause in the constitution. wasimpeachment of clinton sour grapes and unworthy. impeachment of donald trump is police work. he did it in front of all of us. a sampling of some of the tweets and texts we are seeing. republican line. .aller: yes i am calling about -- you just played a clip of stephanopoulos on abc news, he read directly linsky-trumpki -- ze dialogue right after the javeli

host: robert is joining us from clinton, maryland. caller: this whole thing is designed to cover up the upcoming indictments that are coming down from the report from attorney general barr. that is why they are trying to this credit him. as these indictments come down, they are going to say this is trump retaliating for this impeachment inquiry. that is what this is all about. they know this is going to go nowhere, dead on arrival. anything you have with this so-called whistleblower, which is not a whistleblower, is inadmissible at any court anywhere the country. andsay is inadmissible thrown out all over the country except in the building behind you. i heard you earlier say you have heard nothing about joe biden. that is easy to solve. turn on the video. joe biden, in his own words, ask them to fire an attorney who was investigating his son. he was going to withhold $1 billion if he did not do that. he said he was leading -- leaving in six hours. he was fired. quo, butot a quid pro you do not want to look into that. $63 million --g 6

aey recently had a summit, on soybean farm in maryland. >> yes. >> where there was a discussion about the future of agriculture, and there was a decision and commitment to work towards a net zero emissions future, with the recognition that to get there, society and the government and the private sector, foundations, et cetera, have to help. you cannot expect farmers to do this on their own dime. they have to have help. they have to have contributions. we have to set up markets, and we should set up markets. that's the additional revenue streams i talked about earlier. it is a tremendous opportunity here. you have a lot of soil out there that can be more productive, richer and healthier, if we basically sequester carbon. we have incredible research going on in terms of the root system of commodities that could not only store more carbon, but actually maintain storage of the carbon, even though the crop is harvested. there's a brave new world out there for us, but we need investments in research, public finance research. our great land-grant universities need more help. the government n

run callinggo to from maryland on the democratic line. caller: that is michigan. host: ok, go ahead. caller: i understand there is a force in ukraine that is very and is in the military. from the united states and other countries, white supremacists and fascists have been going to ukraine to serve in that unit and have come home to spread their military training among white supremacists and other terrorist organizations in the united states. we had an unwritten agreement that the united states and nato would never encroach on the borders of the old soviet union and russia. russia will never stand for the strangulation of their nation. and they never should. ukraine was one of the nations that was supposed to not be part of nato. we are forcing it into nato. russia has every right to defend sot land that they spent much blood and treasure for in world war ii. plain and simple, it is their land and they will hold it. host: quick response? guest: let me start with fascism in ukraine. there are some worrying developments with white supremacy, fascism, and white nazism

abdul from talk to parkville, maryland. caller: i do oppose it. gangsteris man is a and don't mess with gangsters. gangsters will pull out all of the stops to get his way. he has the firepower and the resources to tear this nation apart. he would not stop and calling out his supporters to say, this is an overthrow, this is a coup, this is treason. he would use all the necessary words to convince his supporters that this is an attack against them. it is time to bring out the guns and the other resources to defend him. he would not stop. let him ride his course out or he will not get elected again. call give him a reason to out his gun toting supporters against other american citizens. host: let's go to mark, who was calling from florida. mark supports the impeachment inquiry. caller: good morning. .t is pompano beach i do support his impeachment. the mueller report should be required reading in every school and college in this country. make -- let people make up their own minds. he has destroyed any resemblance .f government at the newsuld look tha

host: clarksburg, maryland, democrat, good morning. caller: i have been a democrat for 36 years and i have never been more disgusted with my own party. it has been hijacked by communists and socialists. it is no longer the democratic party of jfk or my parents or my grandparents. , you should be ashamed of yourself. when did hearsay become the measure by which we destroy people. this is just ridiculous. credibility, you have no integrity, sir. you have no integrity because you turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to what biden did with ukraine. son was fired. that is quid pro quo. guest: thank you for your call. admissibleabsolutely if it is an admission against self-interest. when donald trump said he is asking for a favor of ukrainian leader to investigate his political opponent, that is admissible. it is an exception to the hearsay rule because it is an admission against trump's own self interest. let's take the hearsay thing away, we have the actual summarized transcript of the phone call. it says trump did exactly what the whistleblo

a childcare center in maryland? really? . our nation's going to have a serious discussion over whether we wish to continue as a sovereign nation with uniquely american principles and customs that have made us, in lincoln's words, the last best hope of mankind on this earth or whether we will allow the democrats to render our borders meaningless and reduce our once great nation into nothing more than a vast international territory between canada and mexico. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: i just would comment. the gentleman just said it's insignificant or whatever because he just demeaned a childcare center for the troops at andrews. and he heard of the conditions that those children are living with sewage, mold, collapsed roof. but he doesn't think that's necessary for the troops or the troops' kids. with that i yield one minute to the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi fr

host: maryland, democrat, you are next. caller: i was hoping to get on when the representative was on air but he said several things that were not correct. the impeachment inquiry it came because the whistleblower decision or report did not go through the proper channels. iat was the first time, when saw the hearing yesterday, that was the first time that was ever done. there is a certain law, it shall be done that way and the trump administration did it a different way. he did not agree to release the information until the impeachment inquiry. that was the purpose for that. i would like to get information on biden correct. the difference with rob is if he wanted it he should have gone inside the united states. he went to a different country. they probably would have told him he could not do it. asking whyblicans people are coming after trump. i don't like him but that is not the problem. he keeps doing stuff and they keep covering it up. if they keep covering it up he will keep doing it because he knows he can get away wit

for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland 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, as a member of congress, a physician, a father, and a grandfather it's become clear to me that certain provisions under the affordable care act, a.k.a. obamacare, have proven to be completely unaffordable and unsustainable. these stifling regulations have simultaneously forced an increase in premiums an a decrease in patient choice. that's why representative budd and i introduced h.r. 4483 yesterday, the flexibility through lower expenses health care or flex act. -- flex ability. it will codify into law the trump administration's rules on short-term limited duration insurance. it will allow small businesses and self-med work the opportunity to secure more affordable health insurance by banding together to act as one large employer and open the door for individuals to purchase temporary i

in maryland, money is being diverted from a planned child care facility to help soldiers balance family commitment withs with service to our country. in kentucky, a middle school lost out on $66 million in condition instruction funding. in south carolina they won't be getting the fire station approved and funded by congress. our armed forces are also being denied a drone pilot training facility, a ballistic missile field, a submarine maintenance building and multiple training facilities, access improvements an safety upgrades. in my home state of new york a $160 million appropriation is being taken away from projects at the united states military academy at west point including a state of the art engineering facility to support the center for innovation and engineering. after being promised that mexico would be paying for this wall, we are instead harming military readiness, safety, innovation an response to a politically exaggerated threat. we in congress have already done our job to put military construction dollars where they're needed most. now it's time for congress to again do our

brandywine, maryland, you are next. ann, are you with us? caller: yes, i am. host: go ahead. caller: my issue with this whole -- when people put a blind eye to what the president is .oing, their country is doomed having the transcript of the and lindseylls graham saying there is nothing to do, i am so surprised. this country is well-equipped to do that, you don't have to engage a foreign country to do that for you. that is corruption. i don't care what anybody says. there is so much in that transcript that president trump said that should not have been done. i don't think he holds the interest of this country at best in whatever he is doing. accountable.e held i cannot even begin to think about it because this is a no no . if this country is going to be what it is meant to be, a country of law, the law must be abided by. host: getting your thoughts on phone lines for democrats, republicans, and independents very it also looking for your tweets, facebook posts, and text messages. here is a text from bonnie saying why is donald trump talking about joe biden in the first place?

conversely, gun control states that received high scores like maryland and illinois experienced some of the nation's highest homicide rates. legally owned firearms used for lawful purposes much more often be than used to create crimes or suicide. in 2013, president barack obama ordered cdc to assess existing research on gun violence. this is what they found. according to the cdc, self-defense can be an important crime deterrent. semi-automatic rifles such as the ar-15 are commonly used in self-defense, especially in homes of law-abiding citizens because they're easier to control than handguns. more versatile than handguns and often the advantage of up to 30 rounds of protection. here are some examples of when an ar-15 has been used to save laws. -- save lives. illinois, 2018, a man with an ar-15 stopped a man's knife attack. intimidation is why the man dropped the knife and ended the attack, saving the victim. north carolina, 2018, a 17-year-old successfully fought off three armed attackers his ar-15, saving his own life. houston, texas, 2017, a homeowner survived a drive-by shooting

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for four minutes. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to the floor leader for her leadership on this, our from arizona chidse us because we campaigned on health care. we campaigned on health care proudly and we are defending pre-existing coverage against every effort by the republicans to destroy it, by repealing the affordable care act in this body, and we have defended it and continue to defend it in court as they are trying to destroy pre-existing coverage in texas right now. and we hope they will work with us on lowering prescription drug prices. i believe that my colleague should take up her own invitation to get to work for the american people. we have no problem advancing the public policy interests of the american people while we defend the constitution and rule of law against the conduct of this president. we had a resolution last night saying, obey the law. telling the administration there is a very simple whistleblower statute which gives people the opportunity to come forward to say t

eric from maryland next, a republican. caller: i just wanted to comment , very much appreciate the usage of the archive footage. it does not really matter if you are republican or democrat. lewissten back to john get up on his high horse in the 1990's during the clinton impeachment investigation and talk about policy matters and everything else and how it is a attackingand it is the integrity of the clinton campaign and winning that about,n, and basically pelosi, the republicans are being hateful. it is the same buzzwords being used. it is the same situation in reverse. it is not wanting to accept the results of the election and spending time and energy -- wasting time and energy and taxpayer money chasing an investigation. what is going to come out of this likely is no impeachment, but enough potential messaging damage that bleeds into the election campaign. it is tough times. it is hard to see, regardless of what side you said on, people are digging their heels in, not willing to accept viable data from either side. peop

the other deputies who responded, and the entire maryland zann -- madison county sheriff's department. we ask all mississippians to continue to pray for brad's recovery and for god's hand of protection on all our law enforcement officers. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise tonight to commend vicki kristenson, the forest service chief, for proposing a new rule to add to our fire danger mitigation that we need to do in california and across the west. mr. lamalfa: building on my bill from a year and a half ago, the electricity reliability and force protection act this allows streamlining of the process to clear trees and brush around power lines to make -- that make it a fire hazard. we certainly suffered enough fire loss in california. the campfire right in my district, the karr fire last year as well and this year ready 54,000 acres burned in plumas county. our utilities have trouble getting out to do

host: that's marie in maryland. we mentioned speaker pelosi earlier this afternoon attending the ideas festival here in washington. she spoke about the potential then of impeachment. she'd make her announcement at hat event. ms. pelosi: by law, when a complaint comes from a whistleblower, the inspector general has 14 days to investigate and then the director of national intelligence has seven days to report it to the intelligence committees -- in the law. it says shall. it doesn't say may, should. it says shall. and that's a very fraught with meaning word in legislation. but this administration is blocking the d.n.i. from conveying that to the intelligence committees. the d.n.i. is at the present time breaking the law at the

host: that's marie in maryland. we mentioned speaker pelosi earlier this afternoon attending the ideas festival here in washington. she spoke about the potential then of impeachment. she'd make her announcement at hat event. ms. pelosi: by law, when a complaint comes from a whistleblower, the inspector general has 14 days to investigate and then the director of national intelligence has seven days to report it to the intelligence committees -- in the law. it says shall. it doesn't say may, should. it says shall. and that's a very fraught with meaning word in legislation. but this administration is blocking the d.n.i. from conveying that to the intelligence committees. the d.n.i. is at the present time breaking the law at the direction of the administration. it's really unfortunate. so to the substance of the -- we don't know -- >> well, we sort of do. the president has, in so many words, said that he's raised these questions with the ukrainians and he's in effect admitted that. he's intervened on the quote-unquote b

maryland,m, independent. immigrant from the soviet union and i became an american citizen in 2005. a couple of points, i think c-span is bad toward democrats. that is obvious. union, im the soviet can see all those lies from the republican side and democrat side. the iraq war, you cannot trust a war that comes out of the intelligence community that is lying. that is why they are called spies. i want to ask the democrat representative, what does he know about joe biden, what joe biden was negotiating in china when his son got 1.5 billion dollars from the chinese? a question that nobody is caring c-span, it islly much more important what obama knew and what biden knew when got 1.5 billion dollars. what biden and obama negotiated. the money to biden and obama's accounts? did anyone try to investigate this money? host: got your question. guest: frankly, that is afensive, and i say that as cochair of bernie sanders campaign. where youof politics are launching attacks on vice president biden, who dedicated his life to public service and or $400,00000,000 of life savings, and you have no

the chair recognizes the maryland, mr. trone, for five minutes. trone: i thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize the ccomplishments of more than 23 million americans who are in recovery. recovery is national month. 2019, we're celebrating 30 years of that designation. marking that today in ongress with an effort we're calling congress goes purple. colleagues, ank my denver riggleman, annie kuster, brian fitzpatrick for partnering with me to happen this happen. who are struggling with mental health concerns or substance use disorder need to there's no shame in seeking help. your journey to recovery is something to be celebrated. disorders, they don't discriminate. and neither should we in helping find people a path back. came to congress to help make for ery a real possibility more americans. started in the mid 1990's, we've seen opioids invade and destroy across america, from the in marylandepresent to big cities and small towns the country. here's not the a single community that's not been fully spared from this devastating epidemic. the opioid it is a true crisis. yea

the chair recognizes the maryland, mr. trone, for five minutes. trone: i thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize the accomplishments of

int: that is robber maryland. this is bill in spring, texas. caller: good morning. i would like to address the issue of the whistleblower. the gentleman that came forth, the whistleblower, never heard the conversation and it was secondhand knowledge. it is another -- by the democrats who desperate right now. there is no validity. worthy.ot even host: that is bill in texas. this is brian in minnesota. caller: good morning. i would like to say what the guy said earlier. it seems to me they want to impeach the president for something that is here -- heresy evidence, and they have not seen the facts. host: you think the meeting about the impeachment of the democratic caucus is holding today should wait until all of the investigations are finished into the president before they make a decision to proceed? caller: they should see that facts. they have not seen the complaint. you needt facts would to see to proceed in the direction? caller: what do i need to see? host: what would you need to see? caller: i would like to see the complaint and i would like to hear the transc

that is mike in maryland. independent.an caller: to clarify, looking at the screen, is a today's topic an adam schiff quotation? host: adam schiff saying impeachment, adam schiff saying it may be the only remedy when it comes to this ukraine story. a wall if you built between adam schiff and the camera, the wall would not stand a chance. you are covering a topic of which there is so little information, there should not even be a topic. anu have gone to be msnbcsp and you look like you are trying to act and look like chuck todd. host: what about the whistleblower complaint? you say there is so little information, do you think this should come out and be able to be seen by congress to find information about it? we lost mike. in virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. it looks as if we are going to -- they say the president is lied 12,000 times, this new impeachment probe. i am saying whenever you shut donald trump's twitter down, he cannot communicate to the people and that is what they have been .ushing s

you must be doing tremendous recruiting because we can't recruit inner cities in maryland where we have students that unquestionably have the need for mental health care. so where does 12-1 come from because it seems like it is a low ratio compared to those in baltimore city schools and the 250-1 is recommended nationwide for the school counselors and again they have more problems these children are exposed to trauma every day, it is a lawless environment and they are absolutely right about baltimore. where does this come from? >> the ratio of 1-12 and case managers is in spite of the policies and procedures. perhaps my colleague can speak to that, but specifically in the policy. >> and you hit that ratio, you do have the 12 to one ratio congratulations because it is much better than exists in other high-risk populations. like baltimore city school students. there are two categories of children, once have been separated by their parents, some relative of theirs decided send this child across the track, you can't call it self separation because the children had nothing to do with it, the

lawmakers and heard from house democratic leader steny hoyer of maryland. president trump also spoke. this is about 90 minutes. announcer: please rise for the national anthem. o say can you see, by the light, what so hailed at thed -- twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright fightthrough the perilous watchedhe ramparts we were so gallantly streaming? glare, thekets'red gave bursting in air, that ourough the night flag was still there. does that star-spangled o'er the land of and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. [chanting usa] ♪ ♪ [singing in foreign language] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> good morning, houston. [cheers and applause] texas.di: good morning, good morning, america. [cheers and applause] p.m. modi: greetings to my fellow indians in india and around the world. [cheers and applause] this morning, we have a very special person with us. [cheers and applause] p.m. modi: he needs no introduction. [cheers and applause] p.m. modi: his name is familiar to every person on the planet. [cheers and applause] n

lawmakers and heard from house democratic leader steny hoyer of maryland. president trump also spoke.

to the united states, of which of course we in maryland think houston is a part. bringime minister, i greetings from the congress and from our speaker, nancy pelosi. [cheers and applause] rep. hoyer: i am glad to be here with many old friends and many thousands of new ones. we have come here for the same purpose. to celebrate the growing partnership between india and america. to democracies, committed the same vision of the future. know,ision, as all of us is based on the hopes and the shared dreams of our people. both nations shaped by the legacy of british colonialism, both nations deeply cognizant of the price of freedom. we hold the same truths to be self-evident, that all are created equal, endowed by their creator with the same right to strive for a better life. realized in to be either of our great nations completely. constitutions begin with the same three words. we the people. [cheers and applause] rep. hoyer: the father of indian independence, mahatma gandhi, who is 150th birthday we mark on october 2, once defined democracy as, and i quote, week --g tha

u.s.rime minister met with lawmakers and heard from house democratic leader steny hoyer of maryland.

there is a professor at the university of maryland that wrote a book on public lands that said in the 1800's after the civil war, our policy was homesteading. we passed all sorts of homesteading laws. i think the last was 1912, 1916. each of those was a failure because the people making those -- managing the lands were miles awaysands of in washington, were trying to make decisions on lanes in the west. if you really want people on the ground, making decisions and not fearful of being overturned, put them out there were the land is. -- where the land is. bureau of land management lands where most of this stuff can take place, where carbon sequestration will take place, where energy production will take place, are placed in the west. allowing them a greater understanding of where they are and what they are doing will just benefit us. when i deal with land managers in my home state of utah, the ones who live there that are part of the blm, the part of the forest service, and part of the community, they make great decisions. it is only when you move up the food chain to come to washingto

my name is destiny, and i am a 19-year-old non-binary person from baltimore, maryland. i am currently enrolled in the baltimore city community college, where i major in english and minor in political science. i became a victim to gun violence when i was seven years old. violence when i was seven years old. at the age of nine i saw my first dead body. this has been the norm in my life since birth. i have been plagued with the generational curse of normalized gun violence. i have lost five friends to guns this year alone and over a dozen in my lifetime. not as aore you today statistic of youth in baltimore, but rather a pillar for the voices of lack and brown youth who have been -- black and brown youth who have been disproportionately affected by the lack of regulation of guns in our community. in maryland, firearms are the leading number one cause of death among children and teenagers. and lackeys are five times more likely than their white peers to die by guns. four people, including three teens, were involved in a quadruple shooting that left my friend dead. according

there is a professor at the university of maryland that wrote a book on public lands that said in the 1800's after the civil war, our policy was homesteading. we passed all sorts of homesteading laws. i think the last was 1912, 1916. each of those was a failure because the people making those laws were living thousands of miles away from people in washington, who were trying to make decisions on lanes in the west. if you really want people on the ground, making decisions and not fearful of being overturned, put them out there were the land is. bureau of land management lands where most of this stuff can where most of this stuff can take place, where carbon sequestration will take place, where energy production will take place, are placed in the west. allowing them a greater understanding of where they are and what they are doing will just benefit us. when i deal with land managers in my home state of utah, the ones who live there that are part of the blm, the part of the forest service, and part of the community, they make great decisions. it is only when you move up the food chain to

this text from one of our .iewers in maryland we sell saudi arabia enough weapons, let them defend themselves. and bloomberg.com with this headline. only congress has the authority to lock and load on iran. -- we are toying go on to jasmine from new york city. go ahead. the one -- hes sends innocent children to fight war. why he doesn't send his two boys -- supposed tong be doing. host: this is the text we wanted to show you. should the u.s. intervene militarily in iran? , not unlesssays no actual u.s. military forces are attacked by actual iranian forces in the gulf region. attacks on allied forces do not count. veteranvietnam era texting from pennsylvania. good morning, danny. guest: thanks for taking my call. first, i support the president. i do not think he is trying to say we are trying to go to war. locked andstaying loaded means the same way teddy roosevelt said talk softly and carry a big sick -- stick. i think he is trying to tell people we are ready if we have to go to war but he does not really want to go to war with iran. i do not want to go to war with iran. in our constitution,

host: silver spring, maryland, republican line. chris, go ahead. caller: iran sees like it is ready to prompt a war. it makes me wonder what assets it has. many sleeper cells are running around? question is the strength of iraq and where you see the shiite muslims going in any conflict. i am not worried about iran. we are strong. i will hang up and listen. seems to benk iran feeling very confident right now in the structure of deterrence triggers around the region it can pull. i think it feels like the u.s. has no appetite for conflict, which i think is accurate. i don't think the president has an appetite to get into a big conflict. i think the deployment of additional forces to the region is a way of looking like we are doing something and remain committed to keeping the region stable without actually getting sucked into a conflict. host: couple more calls. ie, los angeles, california. good morning. caller: this is troubling as a veteran. i find it not only corrupt but on the side of almost treasonous. you talk about saudi arabia. a week and a ha

[cheers and applause] we are the indigenous people of maryland. our traditional territory follows the potomac river all the way down to the chesapeake bay. [cheers and applause] >> i want everyone to take a moment and feel the ground beneath your feet. remember the steps that you took to get here. the land you are standing upon is native land. [cheers and applause] >> every square inch of the americas is native land. land that was painfully ripped way and stolen from indigenous people. obviously, all of us are here because we care about the environment. that's why we're striking, but half of us don't understand the land we are trying to protect. and the waters we are trying to protect. before we can do anything, we need to understand where it comes from. how it has changed. what caused it to change. what caused the beautiful ecosystem of d.c. to be destroyed. what caused the roads to be paved over with asphalt. the sidewalks with concrete. what caused the capitol to be built. the answer is colonization. the genocide of indigenous people. the ensla

we are the indigenous people of maryland. our traditional territory follows the potomac river all the way down to the chesapeake bay. [cheers and applause] i want everyone to take a moment and feel the ground beneath your feet. remember the steps that you took to get here. the land you are standing upon is native land. cheers and applause] every square inch of the americas is nailtive land. [cheers and applause] land that was painfully rip aid way and stolen from indigenous eople. obviously, all of us are here because we care about the environment. that's why we're striking. but half of us don't understand the land we are trying to protect. and the waters we are trying to protect. before we can do anything, we need to understand where it comes from. how it has changed. what caused it to change. what caused the beautiful ecosystem of d.c. to be destroyed. what caused the roads to be paved over with asphalt. the sidewalks with concrete. what caused the capitol to be built. the answer is colonization. the genocide of indigenous

in that time she forge maryland strong friendships. she was deeply involved in her community and her church, central church in bryan-college station. burma and orrin also loved supporting the texas a&m aggies and were season ticketholders for football and basketball games for more than 35 years. through their church, burma and orrin took part in the adopted grandparent program in which they befriended students at texas a&m that i formed sufficient a strong bond with one young aggie she asked burma and orrin to be a bridesmaid and groomsman in her wedding. burma is known for her love of coca-cola and peanut brittle. she still drinks a coke every day and has much coke mergen dice. she's known for making peanut brit her doctor, her post-man, the staff at the h.e.b. store. the recipe is so good that when her son-in-law took it to the texas state fair he won third prize. baur ma -- burma has a giving spirit and aspires to have -- to she thers in her 90's, made trips to a nursing home to visit. even now a a resident at crestview retirement h

upper marlboro, maryland is next. caller: good morning. i wanted to say as an independent in maryland i can't vote in the primary. . am a registered republican i have been a longtime democrat. the democratic party left me. they went to liberal for me so i am strictly an independent moderate person. i am the mother of four millenials and i am so disappointed with the democratic party, with the way you are not fighting. representative connelly, you just said the president should release a transcript of the conversations. that is something the democratic party should have said in a united voice to the press as soon as the story broke. also, call his bluff. push him to release the payments that have been made at his hotels by the military, intelligence communities, saudi arabia. the democratic party is not calling this president's bluff. guest: thank you for encouraging us to do more. that is in sharp contrast to the previous color. i think that is good advice. -- in contrast to the previous caller. the president needs to understand he is not

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i want to thank mr. mchenry for his leadership as ranking member of the committee and for his bringing this to the floor. i want to thank my very good friend, not my republican friend, my very good friend, fred upton. for his work. his leadership. on this piece of legislation. annie kuster iend for her leadership. this is personal for me. i am so happy to rise in support of this legislation. i went to georgetown law school. and i set up practice just about five or seven miles from here in the late 1960's. and in the 1970's, late 1970's, i had a law clerk. he also went to georgetown law school. he was a young, bright, extraordinarily able individual. his name was steve. steve is now a district -- federal district court judge in new hampshire. andad an extraordinary wife her name was krista. steve and steve and christa became dear friends of judy's and mine. i had enough time to sail when i had a sailboat, steve and christa from time o time wo

the speaker pro tempore: the maryland is m recognized for one minute. thank you very much, mr. speaker. irst of all, i want to start with congratulating chairwoman lowey and ranking member granger on working together. i want to congratulate the members of the appropriations committee. i know there wasn't always agreement. i'm hopeful, as we go forward, agreement on the individual bills or the minibus that we will ultimatelyfund to -- fund government in a timely fashion. they worked together toward that objective. i want to congratulate all the members. speaker, i am also proud of 96% of that we funded through this ouse prior to june 30 of this year. that has not been done in over a decade. it was the hard work of the chair and the ranking member and the committee, even though there was not agreement on the substance at end, without that cooperation, that could not have happened. the committee and its leadership. as majority leader, as a member appropriations committee, focused, leave, i am and we are focused as a majority n doing our job in providing certainty for the military,

to the caller from maryland, there is no such thing as clean coal. coal isbad front -- bad from a to z. people who want to maximize profits tell you this is a good way to go. it is not. we cannot look back to what was done. at the rate we are going right now, it is so bad. we cannot sustain this kind of living. to my liberal people -- there is no problem with population. host: let me clarify that poll i read. this is actually americans split and opinions on the consensus of scientific evidence. 52% of americans think climate scientists agree human activity while the -- is the main cause while 53% say there is still disagreement. this is what americans believe about the science community. --n 10 americans steve in north dakota. caller: hello. i am calling about the comments from peter tullis, the secretary-general of the world meteorological association. his comments on september 6th stating that he basically disagrees with the doomsday climate extremists who call for radical action to prevent a reported apocalypse and he this isy went on to say an ex

. >> i'm a 19-year-old from baltimore, maryland. i am currently enrolled in the community college where i major in english. i became a victim to gun violence when i was seven. at the age of nine i saw my first dead body. this has been the norm in my life since birth. i have been plagued with normalized gun violence. i have lost five friends to guns this year and over a dozen in my lifetime. i said before you today not as a statistic of youth in baltimore, but a pillar for the youth who have been affected for the lack of regulation for guns. in maryland, firearms are the number one cause of death among children and teenagers. black youth are five times more likely to die by guns. were involved in a quadruple shooting that left my .riend dead according to the baltimore sun, there have been over 222 homicides in 2019. 11 under the age of 18. as a youth that has lived with the plague of gun violence, it is impossible to combat gun violence without addressing the root cause that stems from economic injustice and racism. homicides,ce, non

lofgren: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. >> thank you and welcome, ms. helm, mr. bunch. congratulations, mr. bunch, an your new book and your very inspiring and successful director of the national museum on african-american history and culture. mr. raskin: my first question s actually about that. it's obviously inspired other efforts as the chair was saying to create museums on the woman and -- on american women and on latino museum, an asian american museum. tell me, one of the remarkable things about the african-american museum is, first of all, i think it's now the most popular museum destination, is that right? mr. bunch: it's one of the most popular. mr. raskin: one of them. it's a remarkable thing when you go over there, you get people coming from all over the place, all over the world, all over america. large, multiracial, multicultural crowds coming in to check it out. and so i'm wondering if you'd reflect for a moment on how museums that focus on a certain commention of the american experience can speak universally to everybody in the country and how should we t

. >> i'm a 19-year-old from baltimore, maryland. >> gun vial homicides, nonfatal shootings and exposure reflect this country's long standing racial inequities but the media is carrying on a narrative of demonizing poor black and brown communities. this same narrative has been used as an excuse to justify mass incarceration that black and brown folk experience in our neighborhoods. instead of addressing the root auses such as capitalism and imperialism, col nationalism and poverty to name a few in dealing with the contradicks, the government incorporations, mainstream averts that black and brown people are the problem. policy decisions, a history of red lining have resulted in segregating neighborhoods. black people are disproportionately more likely to be victims of gun violence and made worse with the easy access of getting guns. gun al is to make hold dealers. nd tough on crime bills. a federal background check law would prohibit people from buying guns by requiring background checks. state laws requiring are associated with the 48% lower rate of gun checks and 29% lower rate across s

this in the beltway swamp where you had sanctuary cities and counties on both sides of the swamp in maryland and in fairfax county and arlington were several of the hijackers intersected with illegal alien day laborers at 7-eleven's who took them to dmv's to obtain id that allowed them to board planes that were driven into the world trade center in shanksville pennsylvania and the pentagon. and the failure to learn those lessons endangers all of us. have aa that we should strict immigration enforcement system is not because i hate muslims were because i hate people from central america or mexico. i think it's that sort of onomaniacal concentration redefining policy criticisms as quote and quote hate it has led to the paralysis that we have and this is very deliberate on the part of groups like media lab -- matters which labeled me a white nationalists without having a single specific criticism or reputation of anything in the nearly 500 pages of the book that i just -- anyed but alone evan of the seven total books that i've written including the others on immigration. host: mark. independent

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. raskin: thank you, mrs. torres. mr. speaker, have our colleagues across the aisle forgotten that the right to a jury trial was as essential a cause of the american revolution as was representative democracy and the denial of voting rights itself? john adams said that representative government and trial by jury are the heart and the lungs of liberty. without them, we have no other fortification against being ridden like horses, there's noed like sheep, worked like -- fle eced like sheep, worked like cattle. the massive suppression of trial by jury rights by british authorities was a critical cause of our revolution. one of the charges that thomas jefferson leveled against the british in the declaration of independence was, quote, depriving us in many cases of the benefits of trial by jury. now today we have not a foreign king and government trying to impose a closed-star chamber on the american people, but certain large corporations, chartered by the states, that seek to divest consume

in maryland. from the majority leader early this week. mitch mcconnell talking to reporters and what he had to say about the prospects of getting a bill on the senate floor. -- >> i think it's no surprise to all of you that how you feel about various gun related issues depends on what part of the country you are from and there are very different views in rural america and small-town america from what you would find in big cities and suburbs. so those differences that have been perfectly apparent within the republican conference in both the house and senate over the years are not new and that's why i've said repeatedly that we need some guidance from the president about what kind of proposal that would make a difference he would actually sign into law. the multiple horrendous shootings in august we owe it to the american people to act. and to act means pass the senate, past the house and be signed into law by the president. the president has already indicated he would veto the bill that came over from the house that the speaker and the dem

the gentleman from maryland is recognized. >> mr. chairman, some of our gop colleagues have suggested that our time would be better spent work on protecting the 2020 elections. we must assume that they just have completely forgotten about the passing on june 27th, 2019, the securing america's federal elections act, which authorizes $600 million to modernize and secure our election infrastructure, mandates the use of verified paper ballots and risk limiting audits and bans alcohol'sability on devices for which ballots are marked or counted. perhaps they forgot about it because all of them voted against it except one republican and the entire democratic caucus voted to support it. we're still hoping mitch mcconnell decides to take up that legislation. so who are the useful identiiot? i suppose we could have a conversation about that later. mr. lewandowski, you said some things about what you want to investigate about the deep state when you become a u.s. senator. about your upcoming service as a senator, would you accept this view of s

a caller in hyattsville, maryland. democratic caller. caller: good morning. feel about donald trump as a show figure, an actor, or whatever he is in regards to media, it is what it is. before we elected donald trump, knew he was a presenter, and we can see him carrying the customs and habits of the show business into the administration, which is based on principles, and that is why he does not follow the principles. we, the american people, are to blame. whether he follows the rules of the party or not, he does what he wants, and it is now our turn to make sure we put him straight. host: several callers have made this point. we knew who he was before he was elected president. guest: i think that is true to an extent. i think it is very true what the caller says. this is a big thing i focus on in my book. thinkingthis line of -- i have read pieces over and over about donald trump sort of getting at the question of, who is donald trump, really? what is he deep down? is this actually what he is like or is it a performance? i think the surface donald trump, the e