mr. wilson: mr. speaker, this week is national police week. a time each year when we honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's heroes in blue. at this particular time i especially cherish the memory of officer greg, a veteran of the police department. he was a hardworking, humble man, an eagle scout, and graduate of richland northeast high school and university of south carolina. greg's end of watch was september 30, 2015. when he was shot while pursuing a suspect. he is survived by his wife, parents, and his young son. cassie continues to provide greg's legacy of service through the heroes in blue, an organization dedicated to sharing the caring and courageous stories of police officers across the nation. as we mark national police week, i am grateful to have officers who risk their lives every day to protect our families. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. congratulations to the newly crowned miss u.s.a., cara, a south carolina state university graduate, who repres

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, president trump gave a remarkable speech yesterday during his first overseas visit. speaking to over 50 representatives to muslim nations, the president outlined the future for positive relations between the united states and predominantly muslim nations around the world. the president's remarks in saudi arabia were extraordinary. i was especially grateful to hear his call for unity of all people and all regional faiths. islam, christianity, and judaism, as well as a strong condemnation of islamic extremism and terrorism. president trump remarked, quote, we pray this special gathering may some day be remembered as the beginning of peace in the middle east and maybe even all over the world. but this future can only be achieved through defeating terrorism and the ideology that drives it. nd of quote. the president also cited 95% of victims of terrorism are muslim. i appreciate the warm welcome the president received the president also in saudi arabia as he promotes peace throug

we always told them to take it up with mr. wilson. this mythical mr. wilson, he was one tough guy, i tell you. david: when you graduated from high school, you were not interested in academics at that time? mr. buffett: i was not interested. david: and your high school yearbook said he is likely to be a stockbroker because he is very good in math. why did you go to wharton, and why did you only stay two years? mr. buffett: i did not want to go to college, but my dad wanted me to go to college. we did not have sats then. he practically would have done the sats for me. in the truth, i always wanted to please my dad. he was a hero to me, and still is. he was kind of cajoling me along and said, "let's fill out an application for the hell of it." he suggested wharton, and i applied there and they let me in. and after the first year, i wanted to quit and go into business. my dad said, give it one more year. so i went the second year and i said, i still want to quit. and he said, well, you know, you have got almost have enough credits. if you go to nebraska, w

caller: good morning, mr. wilson. thank you for having me on. the remarks that the congressman made about north korea are very troubling. front, reaction to "the new york times" article is overwhelming. memo, therehearsay -- it will be thrown out in every court in this country. this man is not getting a fair shot. i would like to see mr. memos onotes or the meeting with the president . the former first lady was under investigation for her emails. much to do about nothing. i like to hear what he has said on this issue. host: apologies for that call. go have. ahead. guest: it is hearsay an anonymous charges and it's wrong. needs to knowning that such charges could be made to you about you. you need to know who is making charges so that you can know the credibility of the person and what the motivation. the charges against the president over and over again on the front page of newspapers -- i think they should be more responsible. as a former journalist myself and someone who appreciates how , thetant journalism is grateful brother-in-law of a news

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, this week marks national small business week, a time to recognize the remarkable contributions small businesses make creating jobs. in south carolina, small businesses represent 99% of our state's businesses, employing 47% of our citizens. i am grateful for the input from the national federation of independent business, nfib, led by ben, the state chamber of commerce led by ted, and local chambers from north augusta to north columbia. when i meet with every members of the small business community of south carolina, i learn how government regulations and government overreach threaten their businesses and reduce job opportunities. i support president trump's commitment to creating jobs and how in only 100 days his administration has proven to be a champion of small business by cutting harmful regulations and outlin

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, may marks military appreciation month, a special time to recognize the tremendous support and encouragement families offer their service members. as a son of a flying tiger who served in india and china and as the grateful father of four sons who all served overseas and as a 31-year veteran of the army reserve and guard, i know firsthand the commitment of our troops, veterans and military families. last week i was honored to join senator blunt, senator gillibrand and kristen davis to introduce a -- the military families stability act which provides greater flexibility by allowing them a six-month option of moving to the next start of their next assignment. the happiness and success of our military families is critical to overall troop readiness and retention and i'm confident this legislation wil

mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. he's a senior member of the committee on foreign affairs, and he chairs the armed services subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. wilson: thank you, chairman ed royce, for yielding. i appreciate your determined leadership on this important issue of national security, protecting american families. i am in strong support of h.r. 1644, the korean interdiction and modernization act -- modernization of sanctions act. in 2003 i traveled to pyongyang, north korea, with the ranking member, congressman eliot engel, a bipartisan delegation. along with congressman wheldon, chairman jeff miller, mr. reyes and ortiz. where we saw firsthand the tyranny and oppression of the communist regime. last month the house of representatives overwhelmingly passed h.res. 92, a bipartisan resolution i introduced condemning the regime in north korea. and it passed 398-3. their recent ballistic missiles -- fo

so if mr. wilson doesn't think dishonesty i'd like o know what he considers dishonest. host: you may have missed that egment with representative joe wilson earlier this morning. if you did and want to see the ontext of what the viewer was talking about, go to c-span.org. interviews on the "washington journal" page. other information there, as well, elaine chao hearing we you about earlier, you can see at c-span.org. that is the website. in chicago, illinois, hi there. line, caller: hi. hello. i'm calling to say that the democrats are hating trump and give you the reasons why. one reason is because they are and hurt. trump woke them up and embarrassed them. embarrassed them by telling hem how they do not support their recipients and their feelrters and he made them embarrassed. when he won and they lost, they they had ake the fact been called out and shown up for what they are, a bunch of hypocrites. so they hate him and want him out of office so they don't look and feel so bad and trying to take away the pain they have. are doing this specifically how? caller: by ignori

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1 rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i object to the vote on a ground and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, further questions on this motion will be postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be offered by mr. smith. mr. smith: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker: my colleagues, i rise today because this is lydia strunk's last week working on the house floor. before i talk about lydia, i want to talk about th

. >> reporter: so, you went to mr. wilson and said? >> i begged him for the opportunity to open shop next door. >> reporter: and what did you think about that mr. wilson, white boy, coming in? >> well, you know, he wasn't the first one. so, you know, he and i call them so, we had a lot of great chances to rent it to a lot of peoples, but, you know, david was more persistent. >> the fact that it is so coveted is not lost on me. i know that with that space comes tremendous responsibility and history. we have to be good stewards for the community. so, i'm very, very happy that the wilson family gave us the green light. >> reporter: a green light to gentrification, a turnoff to those who helped build this area but the spreading of the welcome mat to people from new communities. >> we have cuisine from everywhere around the world. live entertainment on any given night. you can find hip-hop, comedy, singer-songwriters. we want to be a place for everyone, not just anyone. >> so, this end of town is coming back to where it used to be, where we

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i am grateful to express appreciation for annie richardson, first assistant of south carolina's second congressional district. a native of alexander, virginia, annie has called south carolina's second congressional district home since 2004. a distinguished graduate of hammond school and pest byetarian college. she has fastefully served on the staff. her expertise in photography, graphic design has made a positive difference. and her sunny disposition is always recognized by constituents visiting the office. it is with mixed blessings but great happiness that i bid annie farewell. she is offing on next week to serve as the digital assistant for the house republican conference. fortunately to be working with conference chair, kathy mcmorris rodgers. i know she'll do a remarkable job supporting the conference. i know her father and brother join me in recognizing her achievements. she has served with distinction in the tradition of her late beloved mother, holly richardson, who w

wilson. [applause] mr. wilson: thank you very much. i do not think i need to tell you what a great honor this is for me and my partner, rodney davis. havew grateful we are to the lincoln institute bring it all about. nearly 30 year venture in lincoln studies has taken us on a marvelous scholarly escapade. bringing us into contact with the great repositories, great source material, helpful curators and librarians, and dozens of knowledgeable researchers, to compare notes with and learn from, both in and outside the academy. we are very much aware that we have been blessed in this endeavor with a superb audience for our offerings. evidence of which is this haverful occasion and we people to actually read our books and attend gatherings such as this one. they give up their weekends and so forth, they think they will find something important. there are so many scholars who who do not get anything like that kind of treatment from their audience. [no audio] ideas were being offered, previous discredited views were credited and new voices wer

wilson. [applause] mr. wilson: thank you very much. i do not think i need to tell you what a great honor this is for me and my partner, rodney davis. or how grateful we are to have the lincoln institute bring it all about. our nearly 30 year venture in lincoln studies has taken us on a marvelous scholarly escapade. bringing us into contact with the great repositories, great source material, helpful curators and librarians, and dozens of knowledgeable researchers, to compare notes with and learn from, both in and outside the academy. we are very much aware that we have been blessed in this endeavor with a superb audience for our offerings. evidence of which is this wonderful occasion and we have people to actually read our books and attend gatherings such as this one. they give up their weekends and so forth, they think they will find something important. there are so many scholars working who do not get anything like that kind of treatment from their audience. we consider ourselves to be lucky. d is were being offered, -- new ideas wer

wilson. [applause] mr. wilson: thank you very much. i do not think i need to tell you what a great honor this is for me and my partner, rodney davis. or how grateful we are to have the lincoln institute bring it all about. our nearly 30 year venture in lincoln studies has taken us on a marvelous scholarly escapade. bringing us into contact with the great repositories, great source material, helpful curators and librarians, and dozens of knowledgeable researchers, to compare notes with and learn from, both in and outside the academy. we are very much aware that we have been blessed in this endeavor with a superb audience for our offerings. evidence of which is this wonderful occasion and we have people to actually read our books and attend gatherings such as this one. they give up their weekends and so forth, they think they will find something important. there are so many scholars working who do not get anything like that kind of treatment from their audience. we consider ourselves lucky to have been committed -- be a select few at a t

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, ask unanimo consent t address e house foonminutend to reve d exte my remarks. thspker pro tempor without objtion, the gentleman is recogzed for one minute. mr. wils:r. speaker, the po and courier of charleston on may 6 explained the iran and nort korea link. prident trump is lking for a y to p a squeeze on north rea that will psuade to give up nuclear weaponsnd the miiles to carry them. there's another collaborator with north korea that appears to be hpi i svi. iran. according to jeffre lewis of the middleburynstitutes of studies in monterey, liforn, the claboration betwe rth korea ad an is plan long-stanng the ve first missiles we saw in iran were copies of north koren missiles. over the yearse've seen phogphs of north kean and iranian oiclsn each other countri a we've seen all kinds of common rdware. president am g to in agree t redu its stock of riched uranium, b t reenis week if tehn aying pyongyang to dthdeign wk r missiles an wheads and if iran is ayg north korea for lp

[ light laughter ] >> jimmy: here's tim wilson, right there. >> tim wilson. >> jimmy: yeah, "mr. wilson explains america." [ light laughter ] >> is this a comedy album? >> jimmy: no, it's not. this is a serious -- >> "explains america?" >> jimmy: take a listen to "the booty song." ♪ ♪ look at the booty show me the booty give me the booty i want the booty ♪ ♪ back up the booty i need the booty i like the booty oh what a booty ♪ ♪ shaking that booty i saw the booty i want the booty lord what a booty ♪ ♪ bring on the booty give up the booty loving the booty ♪ >> not bad. ♪ right on the booty round booty down for the booty i want the booty ♪ ♪ hunting the booty chasing the booty ♪ >> that's a hit! ♪ casing the booty getting the booty ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ beautiful booty smoking booty talk to the booty ♪ >> jimmy: my thanks to chris rock! [ cheers and applause ] that's a hit. "total blackout standup tour" coming to a city near you! that's all the time we have for "do not play." if you have an album or song you think we would want to see it, sen

[ light laughter ] >> jimmy: here's tim wilson, right there. >> tim wilson. >> jimmy: yeah, "mr. wilson explains america." [ light laughter ] >> is this a comedy album? >> jimmy: no, it's not. this is a serious -- >> "explains america?" >> jimmy: take a listen to "the booty song." ♪ ♪ look at the booty show me the booty give me the booty i want the booty ♪ ♪ back up the booty i need the booty i like the booty oh what a booty ♪ ♪ shaking that booty i saw the booty i want the booty lord what a booty ♪ ♪ bring on the booty give up the booty loving the booty ♪ >> not bad. ♪ right on the booty round booty down for the booty i want the booty ♪ ♪ hunting the booty chasing the booty ♪ >> that's a hit! ♪ casing bo getting the booty ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ beautiful booty smoking booty talk to the booty ♪ >> jimmy: my thanks to chris rock! [ cheers and applause ] that's a hit. "total blackout standup tour" coming to a city near you! that's all the time we have for "do not play." if you have an album or song you think we would want to see it, send a sug

wilson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased that the house today will vote to pass a bipartisan re-authorization of h.r. 1809, the juvenile justice reform act. i strongly believe that this measure will not only help our nation's at-risk youth but will also vastly improve the juvenile justice system in each state. one area i was particularly interested in addressing in this bill is finding ways in which state--- faith-based practices that have been develop -- state-based practices in the school-to-prison pipeline can be improved. i added language to the bill that expands the definition of juvenile delinquency programs to include youth mentoring programs so those programs will have greater access to federal grant funding. . one of my life's missions has been to help build a permanent roadblock on the destructive and demoralizing path that has entrapped so many boys and young men of color. and other at-risk youth. in fact, there are 50 ninth grade boys from the 5,000 role models of excellence project visiting

mr. snyder: both of them nominees of woodrow wilson. mcreynolds was wilson's attorney general, who had a liberal reputation as a trust buster, both before he joined the wilson administration and while he was in the administration. he goes on to become one of the most conservative and supremely racist and anti-semitic supreme court justices in history. but just to tell you how diverse the people were who were dining at the house of truth, when mcreynolds becomes the attorney general, he dines at the house of truth. robert valentine comes down from massachusetts, and felix frankfurter arranges a dinner with reynolds. they get into this debate about civil service -- frankfurter and mcreynolds get into this debate about civil service. of course, frankfurter thinks people should be hired based on merit. mcreynolds says, but what about all these people who have been approaching me about getting their favorite political candidates hired? frankfurter's report was, attorney general, you are responsible for the american people, not the politician

. >> mr. larson. >> admiral, thanks for coming. i would like to go back to the question of unified cyber command. your answer wasn't concerned about the portion of the answer we are still working it out. i was concerned because i thought i heard you say something that runs counter to what we told you all to do. that's the decision's made to do this and that the secretary and the president don't need to make a decision to actually do a unified command. the law as i understand -- >> but they will drive -- >> the timing, that's separate separate. >> that's my only point is the timing. >> if that's your only point, that's fine. i just thought i heard something else. >> i apologize if i miscommunicated. you have clearly provided a legal framework. that's what you are doing. absent of changing the law, that's what we have to execute. >> thank you. can i go back to something the chair was exploring with you and it has to do with having a cyber service or not. i actually agree with you in not having o

mr. snyder: both of them nominees of woodrow wilson. mcreynolds was wilson's attorney general, who had a liberal reputation as a trust buster, both before he joined the wilson administration and while he was in the administration. he goes on to become one of the and supremelyive racist and anti-semitic supreme court justices in history. but just to tell you how diverse the people were who were dining at the house of truth, when mcreynolds becomes the attorney general, he dines at the house of truth. valentine comes down from massachusetts, and felix frankfurter arranges a dinner with reynolds. frontrunner and mcreynolds get into this debate about civil service -- frankfurter and mcreynolds get into this debate about civil service. of course, frankfurter thinks people should be hired based on merit. says, but what about all these people who have been gettinging me about their favorite political candidates hired? was,furter's report attorney general, you are responsible for the american people, not the politicians who are knocking on your

. >> mr. wilson. >> thank you for your extraordinary leadership on organizing this hearing. it's an honor to be back you. we appreciate your innovative service to address the issues of cyber defense. s a former chairman of the on emerging threats and capability, i'm keenly aware of the huge challenges that lie before us and the extraordinary men and women that you put together to serve in your on emerging threats and capability, i'm command.are cyber security is a 124 hour, 30 a day, 365 day a year responsibility that requires instantaneous analysis, response, and deterrence. after each cyber attack, we have the circumstance where the government officials are grappling with whether or not c. cyber security it constitutes a mere nuisance or an act of war. it is for this reason i introduce the cyber attack measurement study act h.r. 1030 which would require that a director of national intelligence, the homeland security department, f.b.i., and secretary of defense to conduct a study to determine appropriate standards that could be used to quantify the damage of cyber incidents

mr. snyder: both of them nominees of woodrow wilson. mcreynolds was wilson's attorney general, who had a liberal reputation as a trust buster, both before he joined the wilson administration and while he was in the administration. he goes on to become one of the most conservative and supremely racist and anti-semitic supreme court justices in history. but just to tell you how diverse the people were who were dining at the house of truth, when mcreynolds becomes the attorney general, he dines at the house of truth. robert valentine comes down from massachusetts, and felix frankfurter arranges a dinner with reynolds. frontrunner and mcreynolds get into this debate about civil service -- frankfurter and mcreynolds get into this debate about civil service. of course, frankfurter thinks people should be hired based on merit. mcreynolds says, but what about all these people who have been approaching me about getting their favorite political candidates hired? frankfurter's report was, attorney general, you are responsible for the american peop

. >> mr. wilson, if we assume that you do get approved for that 23% increase, can you change that figure at all if the facts change coming out of washington about subsidies that are or aren't funded, taxes repealed or that are not? >> once the rate is approved by the department of insurance, we can only make a request to the department about any change in the rate. i feel confident in the collaborative way we work with our department of insurance that if circumstances change that required us to bring the rate down, we would make such filing, and we're confident they would be receptive to that. >> one more question, how competitive is the market place in north carolina for the obamacare plan? if you're raising rates 23% this year, do you expect to stay in the exchanges long term? >> realm, there's other factors that influence our decision on whether or not to stay in the exchange, but, of course, a fair and competitive rate is critical to that. in north carolina, we have one other competitor, b

. >> >> mr. wilson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you each for being here today and your service to our country. dr. zakheim, in your own experience as undersecretary of defense what was one defense reform that stands out as being particularly effective, and what lessons should we take from that reform to inform in the ongoing and future reform efforts? >> we need some good news. i would like to hear it. >> i was there beginning of the 2000s. one reform that clearly made a difference that i thought, was ability of darpa essentially to go directly to the comptroller and get money. i'll give you an example of that, we had gone into afghanistan and knew a lot of the bad guys were hiding in okay in caves. he comes to me in november of '01. he comes to me and he says, if you give me x amount of millions of dollars, i've got this weapon called therma baric weapon that will smoke all of these people out of caves and i will have it in the field for you by march. gave him the money. that was that. it was in the field by march and it smo

mrs. roby, for introducing this important legislation, and i urge my colleagues to support it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: i thank you, mr. speaker. members of the house, i rise reluctantly in opposition to and i regret this opposition because it would add a new offense -- new offenses to the current provision in the criminal code providing for mandatory life imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders. now under section 23559-e of title 18 of the u.s. code, a defendant who has been previously convicted of a federal felony or state sex offense committed against a child and is guilty of a predicate sex offense against a child must be sentenced to life in prison. h.r. 1862 amends section 3559 to add more federal predicate offenses on which to base imposition of a life sentence, namely sexual contact with a minor under the age of 12, aggravated sexual contact with minors between the ages of

mr. president, i could not be happier for my friend, dr. heather wilson. i wish her and her husband, jay, the best of luck. south dakota school of mines and technology is losing an asset, but i am confident that the new era of excellence heather helped usher in leaves the school well positioned to remain a foremost engineering science and research institution. we are proud of heather's continued success and trust that she will represent us well as the 24th secretary of the air force. i would like to thank my colleague, chairman mccain, for his work to advance dr. wilson's nomination through the senate armed services committee and for granting me the opportunity to introduce dr. wilson at her confirmation hearing. it was my honor to endorse her before the committee and to cast my vote in support of her nomination this evening. i am glad that the senate has advanced another of president trump's nominees and again wish dr. wilson, our next secretary of the air force, continued wisdom and success as she continues her outstanding leadership and service to our c

he was harold wilson, a former labor prime minister. [applause] mr. corbyn: who, while not born in bradford, saw the strength and values of this fantastic city. herald, as prime minister, did so much to expand university education and make it accessible for all, and his greatest legacy, i believe, is the open university and access that gives everybody to go and a higher education, if that is what they wish to do at any stage in their lives. so i think today, we are setting out a manifesto to transform the 21st century in the same way that harold wilson in the 1960's sought to transform the 20th century. it is an absolute pleasure to be here today. this manifesto is a draft for a better future for our country. it is a blueprint of what britain could be, and a pledge of the difference a labour can and will make. like thousands of other labour party members, i have been making the case to people across the country over the last few weeks. this is a manifesto for all generations. we are providing hope and genuine opportunity for everybody. i say to our ch

pershing to president woodrow wilson april 10, 1917. dear mr. president, as an officer of the army, may i now extend to you as commander in chief of the armies, my sincere congratulations upon your soul-stirring patriotic address to the congress on april 2nd. your strong stand for the right will be an inspiration to humanity everywhere. but especially to the citizens of the republic. it arouses in the breast of every soldier feelings of the deepest admiration for their leader. i am exultant that my life has been spent in soldier in camp and in field that i may more worthily and more intelligently serve my country and you. great respect your obedient servant, john j. pershing, major general u.s. army. >> and from the diary of my great grandfather, sergeant alvin c. york, serialized in "liberty" magazine in 1927. >> "i had no time to bother much about a lot of foreigners quarreling and killing each other over in europe. i just wanted to be left alone to live in peace and love. i wasn't planning my life any other way. i figured that if some people

mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i note that the chairman and i are well aware of how well it does when we can each take one of these bills. that's what we should do. you know, i mentioned this when the vermonters were here last weekend, when marcel and i hosted them. so many had driven through the night to join the hundreds of thousands of people in the nation's capital for the climate march. and many of them asked, why can't we do it the way we used to? i told them we were ready to go to all the bills in november. and i'm sorry that leadership said no. but things now we have done a lot in here. and those of us on appropriations committee have ready this bill. and we've been -- read most of it since last november. the e.p.a. in it provides funding to improve the ecological violent crimecy of our great state, the jewel of new england. it also includes funding for similar partnerships all over the country. i'm also pleased

then in an interview with bloomberg news, mr. trump suggested he might break up the nation's biggest banks. and he has weighed in on the health care issue. wilson,earlier to read national correspondent for "the hell." -- "the hill." andtations to international pariahs, not even in consultation with the state department. levelre is not the same of coordination with the white house, the national secret counsel, the state department, as there has been in previous administrations, and that risks taking the white house look like it is not exactly following protocol. donald trump likes to say that he wants to be an unpredictable president. in foreign policy, predictability is a good thing. think if heou extends an invitation, he would know what the answer would be, because rodrigo richard i said he is too busy. reid: and the president has extended invitations to the leaders of singapore, thailand, to come to the white house as well. in both cases, it feels like a more off-the-cuff invitation, when an invitation to the white house is hi

itself, mr. speaker, on being boy driven. kid driven. that's how we teach responsibility, character and leadership. and so i like this famous list, mr. sessions, that we use, at so many eagle scout ceremonies, called 100 scouts. mr. speaker, of 100 scouts, people who participate in scouting, 30 will drop out their first year. but they will remember the program fondly. 12 will be from a family that has no religious organization or religious membership. an many will begin their first contact with the need to be morally straight and have at their heart a belief in god. will be 12 will be touched by the -- 12 will be touched by the scouting program. five will go on to earn their religious award. from whatever faith tradition they have. one will use their scouting skills to save a life. one will credit scouting skills for saving their own life. 18 will develop a life long hobby. eight will find their vocation through the exploration of the merit badge work they did as a scout. 17 will later become sco

first, here is the interview. >> mr. president, thank you for having us here in this cabinet room, a room where so much american history and decisions were made. éj8 how was your week? .> i think it was great we did a tremendous amount of work on natural gas going to china, cattle going to china. we opened it up. i remember you years ago when ty stopped any cattle from going to china. we have a tremendous amount of things happening, literally today. >> i have to interrupt you because, i think in spite of all the great things that we can talk about, the james comey story got in the middle of everything. was this the wrong time to fire him? >> there's no right time. let's say i did it on january 20, then that would have been the big story as opposed to the inauguration. i was thinking about it then and i was thinking about it during this period of time. there's no right time to do it. i'm okay with it. he agrees i have the right to do it. i was a little surprised because all of the democrats hated jim jim -- james comey >

first, here is the interview. >> mr. president, thank you for having us here in this cabinet room, a room where so much american history and decisions were made. how was your week? we did a tremendous amount of work on natural gas going to china, cattle going to china. we opened it up. i remember you years ago when ty stopped any cattle from going to we have a tremendous amount of things happening, literally today. >> i have to interrupt you because, i think in spite of all the great things that we can talk about, the james comey story got in the middle of everything. was this the wrong time to fire him? >> there's no right time. let's say i did it on january 20, then that would have been the big story as opposed to the inauguration. i was thinking about it then and i was thinking about it during this period of time. there's no right time to do it. i'm okay with it. he agrees i have the right to do it. i was a little surprised because all of the democrats hated jim jim -- james comey >> does it suggest to you that is not

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, captain taylor force of south carolina was a graduate of west point. a veteran who had served in afghanistan and iraq. d he was an m.b.a. candidate when he was at random stabbed to death by a palestinian terrorist in march of 2016. as he innocently departed from a bus as a tourist in israel. he was only 28 years old. his merciless murder at the hand of palestinian terrorists is even more gruesome because of the palestinian authority program of paying out hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorists and their families in support of mass murder. i am grateful to support the taylor force act, legislation that restricts all aid from the palestinian authority until the secretary of state confirms they do not provide financial rewards for terrorists and their murderous activities. i appreciate the hiredship of senator lindsey graham, congressman doug lambert, and congressman zeldin for introd

wilson testified that she called mr. iglesias because, in her words, an individual constituent with knowledge of ongoing investigations told me that the u.s. attorney was intentionally delaying corruption prosecutions, and i felt as though i had to address that allegation in some appropriate way. close quotes. as i previously mentioned, contacting the u.s. attorney in this manner was contrary to the guidance of the house of representatives. perhaps dr. wilson does deserve the -- however when i asked dr. wilson the him a of the individual that made the allegation about mr. iglesias intentionally delaying corruption prosecutions, she refused to provide the person's name. she said that she had an obligation in the to review who it was who made a highly politicized charge against mr. iglesias. i think providing the name of the person is important because it helps us understand the purpose of doctor wilson's cause to mr. iglesias. it is different if he was -- to mr. iglesias could be excused because we do not have the name we

mr. mcconnell: today the senate will move to confirm heather wilson as secretary of the air force. wilson is a rhodes scholar, air force academy graduate, part of the third class ever to admit women, by the way, and a dedicated public servant who served several terms in the u.s. house. i'm sure she will work hard in this new role to strengthen the branch of the military that she cares so much about. i look forward to approving her nomination on a bipartisan basis later this afternoon. after that, we'll take a cloture vote on the gottlieb nomination to head the f.d.a., which i will come to in a moment. i hope to see robust support for his nomination as well. now i'd like to recognize two important votes that occurred last thursday. first, let me commend the house for voting to move beyond the pain of obamacare. for years, the american people have suffered under this failed law. they have watched their premiums soar. they have watched their choices dwindle. now they are watching as obamacare collapses all around them. more than half of our states have counties with only a single insu

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mrs. capito: mr. president, i ask that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. capito: mr. president, earlier today the senate voted to pass the omnibus appropriations bill for 2017. this is the hard work that we have done with both parties. i'm encouraged that this legislation funds the government in a responsible way. i'm very pleased and i can't emphasize this enough -- very pleased that the bill includes a bipartisan provision that keeps the promise of lifetime health care benefits for 22,000 coal miners and their families, including 8,500 west virginians in my home state. bankruptcy's in the coal -- in the industry meant they would have lost their health care. we passed the extension for four months and it was set to expire this coming week. this appropriations bill provides certainty to these coal mining families. because of this bill, they will keep the health care t