texas. out onto thelled first floor. saddle have seen the big . it is a terrific exhibit. point, be remiss at this before getting to michael, if i -- the introduce the man woman standing in the back. she is our library art exhibit erector. she has worked -- director. she has worked with michael. she does a terrific job. responsibleeally for the most part, for this exhibit being here and bringing it to us. he is the associate director of curatorial affairs and the art and western heritage at the panhandle plains historical museum in canyon, texas, just south of amarillo in the texas panhandle. it is the largest history museum and the state of texas. if it is the largest in texas, you better believe it is large. he is also a lecturer in western american studies at west texas university. he oversees art, weapons, military, sports and cowboy and ranching collections at the museum. it, it is like working at a giant 20 story. -- toy story. i call it stealing money. michael is here -- from here, fr

ted cruz in texas has a 38% favorability rating. hillary clinton lost texas by 9%. she lost alabama by 28%. all 36 congressional districts in texas today have a democratic challenger. it's the first time in 25 years. our state is waking up. folks know that everything they care about and what they want in their lives for their kids is on the line right now. they're getting off the sidelines and in the game and making something wonderful happen for texas and some critically important for the united states. it's a really exciting time to be a texan. >> i've got to push back a little bit because there are critics who say you shouldn't read too much into the doug jones winning, that this race was an anomaly because of the kind of candidate roy moore was. what's your response to them? >> i point them to these favorability ratings. roy moore giving everything that everyone in alabama knew about him still had a 41% favorability rating. ted cruz in texas has a 38% favorability rating. this is a state, texas, that is turning democratic faster than any state in the union. i th

into texas. they had to establish a completely -- called the southern kansas railway of texas. it was a subsidiary and part of the line, which is in higgins, texas, down to amarillo, that was a separate company. okay, and the ft. worth and denver city also shipped cattle through kansas city through fort worth. >> what kinds or what breeds of horses were used for driving cattle? was there a certain breed there was preferred over others? >> that's a great question. because almost immediately while people discovered there was this great longhorns that were in texas, but the meat wasn't very good. almost immediately, durhams and herefords and they brought them down and crossbred them. moist from kansas city city, they're not purebred. they're not full longhorn, but they're half and half. but the breeding of the mustangs started almost immediately as well. so there were thoroughbreds brought in, standard breds, all different kinds and they were crossed usually. because the quality of the mustang, the

into texas. they had to establish a completely -- called the southern kansas railway of texas. it was a subsidiary and part of the line, which is in higgins, texas, down to amarillo, that was a separate company. okay, and the ft. worth and denver cattle also shipped through fort worth. >> what kinds or what breeds of horses were used for driving cattle? was there a certain breed there was preferred over others. >> that's a great question. because almost immediately while people discovered there was this great longhorns that were in texas, but the meat wasn't very good. they brought them down and crossbred them. they're not pure bred. they'relonghorn, but they're half and half. but the breeding of the mustangs started almost immediately as well. so there were thoroughbreds brought in, standard breds, all different kinds because the quality of the mustang, the sure footedness, the ability to go a long way without water. because a hurford cow can't walk across the street without walking. but the mus

into texas. they had to establish a completely different corporation with an office in texas called the kansas city -- the southern kansas railroad of texas. it was very much part of the santa fe line but from indian territory which is in higgins, texas, down to amarillo, that was a separate company. and denver city also should cattle to kansas city through fort worth. >> what kinds or what breeds of horses were used for driving cattle? was there a certain breed that was preferred over others? michael: almost immediately everyone realized they had this great surplus of texas longhorns. the meat was not very good. so almost immediately, durham's, short forms -- short horns, angus comes a little bit later. they started crossbreeding. most of the animals that come to kansas city are not pure bred, they are not pure longhorn, they are about half. so the meat quality was better. as far as horses were concerned, to improve the horses, the mustangs started almost immediately as well. there were thorough

because of texas fever. they carried a tick that would kill domesticated cattle, however they could enter the state on rail cars. this is why the central pacific goes out here because eastern kansas counties also instituted quarantines. so texas cattle on the hoof were not welcomed into the part of the country that we normally reckon. and so the cow towns moved west, abilene was a cow town for about a year and a half, then it went to ellsworth, wichita, caldwell is here and then dodge city is about right there. so you can see the great cattle fields. but one of the things we need to remember is the cattle trails went right through comancheria which is a territory covered by comanches from the rocky mountains to the mississippi valley by fear and trade so what do you do? you strike a treaty with these comanches who didn't understand the treaty in the 1867 at medicine lodge, kansas, and you tell them they have to give up all this and move to this. and we all know, nobody wants to go to oklahoma on purpose, rig

the gentleman from texas. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: with that i'd like to yield 30 seconds, mr. speaker, to the gentleman from california, a vietnam veteran and distinguished members of the ways and means committee, mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. thompson: the -- one of the most important bills any of us will ever vote on. no hearings, no expert witnesses, now we get 30 seconds on the floor to debate it. so let me just use my 30 seconds by saying, this is a bad bill for working families, it's going to cause middle class working families to pay more in taxes and it's going to strap our citizens with $2.3 trillion more of national debt. i ask for a no vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: i'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman if new york, the chairman of the democratic caucus a valued member of the ways and means comm

their states, texas, was the last one, in texas there's a standard you have to meet. to get a concealed carry permit. if this bill passes, you erase that standard. somebody from out of state who is a violent criminal can come in with a loaded concealed firearm in the state of texas. someone who is a criminal in the state of texas, where there are rules, can go to another state, get a concealed carry permit and bring that loaded, concealed firearm into the state of texas. this is bad policy, it should be opposed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: at this time it's my pleasure to yield one minute to the gentleman from florida, mr. dunn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has been yielded one minute. mr. dunn: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 38, the concealed carries prerest prossity act this commonsense legislation ensure ours second amendment rights don't end when we cross state lines. we are all aware of the story of shah never-before-seen allen,

ted cruz in texas has a 38% favorability rating. hillary clinton lost texas by 9%. she lost alabama by 28%. all 36 congressional districts in texas today have a democratic challenger. it's the first time in 25 years. our state is waking up. folks know that everything they care about and that they want in their lives and for their kids is on the line right now. they're getting off the sidelines and in the game and making something wonderful happen for texas and some critically important for the united states. it's a really exciting time to be a texan. >> i've got to push back a little bit because there are critics who say you shouldn't read too much into the doug jones winning, that this race was an anomaly because of the kind of candidate roy moore was. what's your response to them? >> i point them to these favorability ratings. roy moore, given everything that everyone in alabama knew about him still had a 41% favorability rating. ted cruz in texas has a 38% favorability rating. this is a state, texas, that is tending democratic faster than any other state in the u

in 2005 he was appointed to serve as the justice on the texas supreme court. elected to a full term in 2006 and reelected in 2012, justice willett has served with distinction on the texas high court now for over a decade. during that time he has ruled fairly and impartially. four of his former colleagues on the texas supreme court wrote a letter to the judiciary committee supporting justice willett's nomination. here's what they wrote. his demonstrated belief is the courts should enforce both the constitutional rights and constitutional limitations and uphold the rule of law but not enforce a personal agenda. on occasion they continued, we did not agree with each other or with him or his disposition of an appeal but we respected don's opinions and never doubted his devotion to principle. in addition, retired texas supreme court justice wallace jefferson recommended justice willett's nomination writing that he will be a thoughtful, hardworking, diligent and influential member of the court of appeals for the fifth circuit. justice willett has also been recognize

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: thank you, mr. speaker. i point out that a family of four in michigan's ninth district will save over $1,700 each and every year. with that i'm proud to yield three minutes to the chairman of the tax policy subcommittee and leader on the tax reform effort, the gentleman from illinois, mr. roskam. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman brady. i want to direct the membership's attention to the argument a ranking member made a couple minutes ago when he criticized repatriation efforts in the past. and he's right. they underperformed. why did they underperform? because they were a holiday, they were temporary. i wasn't around when that happened. but we learned from that, mr. speaker, and we're saying let's not do that again and said let's have a permanent policy that unlocks american dollars that are locked out overseas right now. most folks thinks it's between $3 trillion and $4

their states, texas, was the last one, in texas there's a standard you have to meet. to get a concealed carry permit. if this bill passes, you erase that standard. somebody from out of state who is a violent criminal can come in with a loaded concealed firearm in the state of texas. someone who is a criminal in the state of texas, where there are rules, can go to another state, get a concealed carry permit and bring that loaded, concealed firearm into the state of texas. this is bad policy, it should be opposed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: at this time it's my pleasure to yield one minute to the gentleman from florida, mr. dunn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has been yielded one minute. mr. dunn: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 38, the concealed carries prerest prossity act this commonsense legislation ensure ours second amendment rights don't end when we cross state lines. we are all aware of the story of shah never-before-seen allen,

unlimited opportunities that we see right now in texas, and that comes because texas has found itself to be the home because so many other places, so many other companies have literally been run out of their states because of high taxes, high taxes that are placed on those companies and the employees to where it makes living and being competitive more difficult. during consideration of this legislation, the senate, a few relatively few small provisions were removed through points of order in the senate under what's called the byrd rule, a parliamentary rule used during reconciliation. the first change was made by the senate under the byrd rule strikes the language that allowed 529 accounts to be used for homeschool expenses. the second change modifies a provision that imposes an excise tax on the investment income of certain educational institutions. the change strikes a reference to, and i quote, tuition paying, end of quote, students making the exception to the excise tax available only if the institution has less than 500 students or if 50% or less of the students are located in th

texas needs the money but the governor of texas has refused to tap the state's $10 billion rainy day fund, the largest in the country to help houston and other parts of the state to recover from hurricane harvey, yet at the same time he's demanding immediate federal assistance. on its face it's absurd. it's an absurd position for a routine critic of federal government spending to demand money immediately while he was a -- has a $10 billion fund sitting there. you can imagine if those moneys were in new york or maryland what our republican colleagues would be saying, but constantly we have this what's good for the goose is not good for the gander on our republican side. i was going to use a stronger word but i stopped myself. so i say to the governor of texas, if a rainy day fund is not for a rainy day which texas had, than what the heck is it for? i, for one don't want to vote for a nickel to texas unless they tap that rainy day fund. and, of course, last, but certainly not least we have to ensure protection for the dreamers. bipartisan negotiations are ongoing in the house and senat

it rained in texas. i think that texas should use, and i have said this publicly, i assume we all have -- whenever you have conversations, make sure you talk to texas and make sure they do their share. you can't just rely on the federal government because people have a tendency of attacking the federal government, but when they need cash, the federal government is the best friend. i want to make sure everyone has skin in the game. i would ask you when you have conversations with the governor's office, you go over that. >> can i respond to that? let me be clear about the state of texas. regardless of the issues that may take place inside texas from disagreements on your view or the governor's view -- >> we are pretty much on the same view. >> what i'm saying is texas is a model. here is why. they are owning their disaster recovery. they are owning the recovery housing mission and asking fema to support it. we have to get all 50 states to start owning the recovery process. i do not know how to fix your sta

texas is almost 40% hispanic. if you look at all populations, adult populations, you look at registered voters with a spanish surname. the turnout is about 21. understand, what is the electorate? you have to look at other factors such as their enthusiasm , questions we ask to get people in on the very last days or weeks of the campaign. what is your likability, on the scale of 1-10? have you ever voted early? whether you see whether it is african-american, anglos, different age groups, that can affect your model a little bit. that can make you wait the data differently. there was an african-american candidate in 2002 in texas running for campaign in the senate. tony sanchez was running for governor against rick perry. there is an african-american on the democratic side and hispanic. the talk was that, this great rainbow coalition will turn out for the minority vote. they were talking 820 5%-20 6% turnout of latinos and 50% of african-americans. there is no historical data to back that up. that didn't mean that tha

a -- texas a&m university he left texas a&m to become president of the university of texas el paso, known as utep. after seven years at utep, he became chancellor at university of missouri where he remained until 1993. you should his leadership, both schools reached new heights as academic institutions. enrolling record numbers of students, increasing minority student populations, and molding many national merit award scholars. in his downtime, haskell enjoyed collecting post-cards from towns where he hied and visited while traveling, especially the back roads of the united states and mexico, and learning history through commemorative bricks an plaques and roadside markers at historical places he shared his father's passion for woodworking and was known to create many pieces for his friends and family. a member of the local community, haskell was a member of the rotary club and served on the boards of the united way, salvation army and boy scouts. he was also a lifelong member of the presbyterian church where he also served as an elder and ordained deacon. mr. speaker, haskell monro

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: thank you, mr. speaker. i point out that a family of four in michigan's ninth district will save over $1,700 each and every year. with that i'm proud to yield three minutes to the chairman of the tax policy subcommittee and leader on the tax reform effort, the gentleman from illinois, mr. roskam. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman brady. i want to direct the membership's attention to the argument a ranking member made a couple minutes ago when he criticized repatriation efforts in the past. and he's right. they underperformed. why did they underperform? because they were a holiday, they were temporary. i wasn't around when that happened. but we learned from that, mr. speaker, and we're saying let's not do that again and said let's have a permanent policy that unlocks american dollars that are locked out overseas right now. most folks thinks it's between $3 trillion and $4

the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'm proud to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. nunes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. nunes: mr. speaker, i stood here several weeks ago to speak in support of the original house-passed tax reform bill. since then, as a member of the conference committee, i have participated in the process of strengthening this bill and making it even more transformative. that is why i continue to stand in strong support of the bill and conference report we will be voting on today. washington special interests have distorted business decisions for too long. and we can not afford to wait any longer to reform our broken tax code. should we fail to act now, businesses will continue to leave the united states for tax purposes. taking thousands of good-paying jobs, american jobs, with them. our small businesses will continue to suffer the damaging effects of a bewildering and punitive tax code that gives unfair advanta

that will ensure that the people in texas in particular who had 53 inches in rain, the people of texas and southwest louisiana that suffered from hurricane harvey, those projects will receive priority consideration by the corps of engineers. that's going to help us get that third reservoir built. this funding is sufficient to pay for, fully pay for all flood control projects in southeast texas. that means we'll have front-loaded funding to finish ut a buy ue. he army corps of engineers funding will open up ports to full capacity. another important change that the chairman included we had a lot of people flooded because the corps opened the flood gates. they were flooded by the action f the government and the waterways. chairman frelinghuysen included language that allows the governor of the state of texas to ask for a waiver of the prohibition against duplication of benefits -- may i have an additional 30 seconds? important for the people of texas to know help is on the way. if you were flooded by the action of the government thrrks is a provision in this legislation today that will al

in 1845, texas is annexed by the united states, but the texas boundary claim now becomes an american problem. >> and, it turns out, an opportunity for president james k. polk, a slaveholding tennessee democrat who believes god has ordained the united states to expand across the continent. many opponents of war with mexico condemn this idea of manifest destiny as simply the conquest of territory for new slave states -- including a fresh-faced freshman congressman from illinois. >> abraham lincoln is an opponent of this war. he gives a series of speeches blasting the polk administration. >> the war -- the first in history documented with photographs -- breaks out in april 1846. mexico surrenders in 1848, losing half its national domain. >> the united states acquires not just the american southwest, but also california. >> left unresolved -- where slavery will be allowed in those territories. >> the debate over whether those territories are going to be slave or free is going to be so contentious and so divisive that it's ultimately going to lead to the civil war in 1861. >> patrick's bo

videos show texas troopers ripping apart texas families during traffic stops. >> yesterday coming in. this is really a record of deportation machine of troopers fishing for people on the highways and then turning them into federal immigration officials. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the republican-controlled congress has approved a massive rewrite of the u.s. tax code that will overwhelmingly benefit corporations and the wealthiest americans, while ending a central pillar of president obama's signature healthcare law. the tax bill cleared the senate early wednesday, then house lawmakers approved it 224 to 201. this is president trump. pres. trump: these are the people right behind me. they work so long, so hard. it has been an amazing experience, i have to tell you. it hasn't been done and 34 years. but actually, really has not been done because we broke every record. it is the largest -- i was say but the massive -- largest tax cut in the history of our country. and reform, but tax cut. re

the senate, the state senate in the state of texas designated grapevine as the christmas capital of texas in 2009. they've got the bonafide declaration under glass and on display to prove it. what other city in america has their councilwoman dressed up as mrs. claus? this is something that i truly, truly love doing if you can tell. - [rodney] yeah, you can tell you're very passionate. in fact, it seems everyone in grapevine is passionate about christmas. hi. hi! - [jann] meet dr. sue williams, owner of dr. sue's chocolates. she's no grinch. she's a grapevine physician who's passionate about the dark chocolate. all natural dark chocolate has some reported health benefits. - [jann] i like to hear that. yes, i know, i know. it's medicinal? yes. score! i want some medicine. yeah! exactly. okay, a small town big deal present to all of you is we have a doctor giving us permission to eat chocolate! - [rodney] but first, the good doctor is putting us to work creating something called chocolate mendiants with a texas twist. a mendiant is a little dollop of dark chocolate. in this case, you're goin

regardless of issues that may take place inside of texas from disagreements and saying this, texas is a model. here's why. they're owning their disaster recovery. the rick running the recovery housing commission and they're asking fema to support it. we have to get off 50 states to start this. my role should be a counselor saying here's what you're entitled to and what you will need to achieve the goals. i think congress should look at what states don't have rainy day funds. when a federal disaster declaration is not coming forward what is the application of a state to step up and serve their own citizen. are these funds designed to handle public assistance on a smaller scale so it could be turned on? something to have a rainy day fund and another to understand how it set up. all of these states need to have rainy day funds designed similar to the assistance we put forward. >> thank you for coming before the committee. i showed enthusiasm over the direction that's been taken under your guidance. i will be brief. it looks like the lesson from puerto rico is that we have to put the band

it rained in texas. texas should use, and i have said this publicly, whenever you have conversations, make sure you talk to texas and make sure they do their share. you can't just rely on the federal government because people have a tendency of attacking the federal government, but when they need cash, the federal government is the best friend. i want to make sure everyone has skin in the game. when you have conversations, you go over that. >> can i respond to that? let me be clear about the state of texas. regardless of the issues that may take place inside texas from disagreements on your view or the governor's view -- >> we are pretty much on the same view. >> what i'm saying is texas is a model. they are owning their disaster recovery. they are owning the recovery housing mission and asking fema to support it. tohave to get all 50 states start owning the recovery process. i don't know how to fix it or state better than you do. my role should be one of the counselor saying here is what you are entitle

este centro en texas, fue construido en 2014, justo durante la crisis migratoria. pueden procesarse hasta 1000 indocumentados. sin embargo, no habrÍa suficientes empleados para afrontar la situaciÓn. " diariamente hay entre 1000 y 1300 indocumentados en espera para ser procesados e incluso en ocasiones tenemos que cerrar la instalaciÓn para que no lleguen mÁs", explico . Éstas imÁgenes fueron captadas en dos dÍas diferentes de la semana pasada durante el primer dÍa, cuatro autobuses llegaron en el lapso de una hora. al dÍa siguiente, llegaron otros tres autobuses y sÓlo uno salió lleno de gente. desde principio de aÑo, los niveles de detenciÓn han incrementado de manera constante. el nÚmero de migrantes que cruzan la frontera ha disminuido, pero han aumentado los arrestos en el interior del paÍs desde que donald trump asumiÓ el poder. en enero, casi 19.400 fueron detenidos y en septiembre fueron cerca de 20,000. en su declaraciÓn, el servicio de aduanas y protecciÓn fronteriza, pareciera estar en desacuerdo con la informaciÓn, diciendo que no se

texas is one of 23 states already seeing widespread flu activity. nearly double the number from the week before. dr. mary healy is infectious disease expert at texas children's hospital. >> we had more positive tests over the last couple of weeks. so it looks like maybe we are really starting to get into the season, in earnest. and that seems to be the trend certainly nationally as well. >> what concerns experts is the flu season that just concluded in australia. which some times can preview the season here. australia had the most severe flu season in five years. and the vaccine used there is the same one used here. it is believed one of the strains covered, mutated. making the vaccine only 10% effective. >> if you look at the cdc data, we didn't have evidence that the virus has changed significantly. so, hopefully we are not going to face the same situations. >> influenza vaccine takes months to make. scientists are looking at ways of making is so when the virus mutates they can make a vaccine. cdc recommend getting immunized only if it may provide

detention center in el paso, texas. gutierrez first sought asylum in the united states in 2008 after receiving death threats for reporting on alleged corruption in the mexican military. he was attained and eventually released while his asylum appeal was pending. last week it was denied. he now faces deportation back to mexico, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. democracy now! one gonzalez and i had a chance to speak with gutierrez directly in detention where he is in jail in el paso. >> look, juan, i wrote some articles where i described how the military acting in the andhwest of chihuahua, particularly population that is for the border with the state of new mexico. this caused discussed at the ministry of defense, which sent the head of the fifth military generalchihuahua, vigor, to threaten me, saying i had already written three articles noting corruption and assault against the population by members of the military. and he sentenced me. he said, you have written three articles and there

the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'm very proud to yield two minutes to the majority whip, the republican conference, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. and want to thank chairman brady for yielding time and for his leadership and the entire group of conferees on bringing this tax cuts and jobs bill to the floor. i want to thank president trump for working with us every step of the way, to bring us to an historic moment where we're actually going to provide tax relief to hardworking families. you know, there are those on the other side that would say, keep all the money in washington. stunt economic growth. continue to let america be noncompetitive, where we see jobs go overseas, over and over again. large companies, thousands of jobs at a time. moving to foreign countries because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. well, mr. speaker, it's time for

>> i will talk a little bit about texas because i'm in texas. remember we had brown 1964, brown 1965 and then you had massive resistance in the south that dug in and were like over my dead body. we are still fighting to implement brown by the time we get into the early 1970s. there were two landmark decisions in their early 1970s have absolutely other brown. one of them was the rodrigues decision. coming out of san antonio texas you have the neighborhood, the edgewood district that was 96% mexican-american and african-american. and they taxed to their i propey at the highest level possible, the highest level possible and because of that what they were able to do was to generate $21 per student in terms of funding. $21 by taxing themselves at the highest level for the property because as we know schools are funded via the property tax and what we also know is the way public policy has a lot to do with the value of our property. where the city chooses to put a landfill, where the city chooses to put, to have certain kinds of zoning so you have cer

the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. i thank the gentlewoman from new york. she has, as the rules committee has, taken a lot of time on this bill. we've spent hours not only discussing and debating the effects of the bill, what the bill's about, why we would do it but most of all her abiding ability to stand up and represent her party in their context and i respect that. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from the rules committee, mr. byrnes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for five minutes. mr. byrnes: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman, for yielding me some time. i've been listening to my colleagues from the other side of the aisle talk about the 1%, the people at the top of america. let me tell you who benefits from the status quo of our tax code. it's the 1%. they can afford the lawyers, the accountants, the lobbyists to get them all these special tax treatments that the rest of

the people of texas deserve better. the people in our districts are living in tents and flooded and moldy houses. america can do better than this. during this season of giving, congress must act and help these disaster victims in need or texas will suffer a second manmade disaster by the united states congress. and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. rothfus, for five minutes. mr. rothfus: mr. speaker, not only was western pennsylvania hit by a entrepreneury of snow this past weekend but by great pride in high school football, this past saturday, quaker valley high school football team won the state championship trophy in the athletic association class aa with two rankings that would merit them as underdogs. with a new coach, the quakers tackled their way into history. they defeated their opponent by 17 points. these state champions are to be commended for their grit and their perseverance. it was an great game. congratulations to the coach and the ent

not even if you're the governor of the state of texas with a large delegation like texas. it is a difficult time we all go through, and i offered my -- and expressed my confidence to the governor that i would certainly go look at this. it's the first time i learned of this. less than 15% of the emergency funds that will be presumptively agreed to today of this huge storm go to texas. i just thought that was worthy of me to take time to come and pass on information that i had not known about, information that i was provided, but it tells us how large the need is in this country when the largest storm only gets 15%. and so i am a yes. i am a yes for the other 85% that is not going to be in texas also. i am a yes because i have seen the fires in california. i have seen the damage from -- and judge hastings kept us up to date. i have been aware of mr. rooney, ambassador patrick rooney who talked to us about the devastation, and tom rooney in florida, and certainly vern buchanan who spoke to us about the damage to the crops. lots of big problems. i am going to vote for the othe

the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized. mr. green: inquiry as to the amount of time remaining. the speaker pro tempore: eight minutes remaining. ms. waters: i think it is important to talk about what is happening in this country with this administration at this time. and it is so related to what we are trying to explain about what this bill attempts to do. first of all, let me just share with you, committee democrats have made repeated attempts to follow the trump money trail and investigate the suspicious financial dealings of the president. his immediate family and his associates including their possible involvement in illicit russian financial schemes. since march, democrats have written six letters to committee chair map, one to deutch bank, one to deutch bank c.e.o., two treasury secretary steve mnuchin and another to deutch bank's external counsel requesting their cooperation in exposing the scope of russian influence on the trump administration. i have written two letters on my own, one to attorney general deputy sions a

the optimal republican voting strategy may know in texas. today, he will talk to us about the art of analyzing public opinion. afterwards, another operative will sit down with him to continue the conversation. he has built the largest republican consulting firm in the nation. please join me in welcoming michael baselice to the stage. [applause] mr. baselice: thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be here today. i think i have been tasked with sharing some information about polling. one of the things we want to look at is what happened in 2016. so that is where we are going to start. one of the things i want to share with you right away is the headline that took me about 20 years to get. i wanted to get quoted on this. i was asked why a reporter on the eve of the presidential primary in 2008. they asked me about hillary clinton and barack obama which i was not tracking. what i thought was going to happen in the upcoming race between obama and clinton. and i said, you know, i think this race is going to hinge on who turns out. really? so he

the gentleman from texas, mr. green, continues to reserve. the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling, is recognized. mr. hensarling: i'm now happy to yield three minutes to the gentleman from kentucky, mr. barr, the chairman of the financial services subcommittee on monetary policy and trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. barr: i rise today in support of a bipartisan bill, the systemic risk designation improvement act, introduced by my good friend and colleague congressman blaine luetkemeyer of missouri and i also want to thank chairman hensarling for his leadership and for my friends on the other side of the aisle, particularly mr. scott of georgia, for his leadership in support of this legislation. among the least transparent and most mysterious black holes of the united states government is the process under which -- under the dodd-frank financial control law by which u.s. financial firms are designated too big to fail. formerly called systemically important financial institutions, sifi's, these are considered by all-knowing

and the rifle was found at the texas school book depository. so it's just another piece of evidence that was used to connect oswald to the assassination. there you can see some initials. actually put on the shirt itself. and everything that i'm telling you now, just know because of working with the records, so anyone could come in, they could read the warren commission report, and most everything i'm saying is actually in the warren commission report. they can look at the original fbi files. the lab files of the lab technicians and the scientists who worked with the fbi, did ballistics testing and fiber testing and all of that. those records are all part of the collection, and someone could come in and look through them themselves. >> but even when you said earlier that that's the rifle that oswald used to kill the president, there were people listening to this who will say that's not true. >> that's right. and so what i'm saying actually is, the opinion of the warren commission. and i guess i should state that i have no opinion one way or anot

which is in the old texas schoolbook depository. if someone were to come here, they could look at it. if you were to choose to duplicate it, you would need to get the copyright. the permission. if you were to come in to see it, you would be watching a duplicate of the original, which is true for any of our films, because we want to make sure they are preserved when you come to look at films at the national archives, you're looking at a reference copy of the film. we have motion picture sound and video branch within the national archives, which of course, is the portion of our agency that takes care of all motion pictures and sound recordings. they have custody of this item. you can see some of the images, which probably look familiar to people. i believe the zapruder film is also available through commercial outlets as well. >> the original artifact itself, how would that be stored and how often does anybody do what she's doing? >> very rarely. this was done for a special effort. as color film, it is my understanding that this is st

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the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'm very proud to yield two minutes to the majority whip, the republican conference, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. and want to thank chairman brady for yielding time and for his leadership and the entire group of conferees on bringing this tax cuts and jobs bill to the floor. i want to thank president trump for working with us every step of the way, to bring us to an historic moment where we're actually going to provide tax relief to hardworking families. you know, there are those on the other side that would say, keep all the money in washington. stunt economic growth. continue to let america be noncompetitive, where we see jobs go overseas, over and over again. large companies, thousands of jobs at a time. moving to foreign countries because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. well, mr. speaker, it's time for