clyburn: thank you, mr. chip. bears repeating the republicans run the house, they run the senate and they have the white house. the fact of the matter is we want to stay here and want to do what is necessary for congress to work with the president to run this country. people think that washington is broken. the fact of the matter is, i work and live within the shadows of fort jackson, the second largest army training facility in this country. i want to support those men and women at fort jackson. i was born and raised in sumter, south carolina, headquarters for the ninth air force and the third army. i want to do what is necessary to support those men and women at that joint base. air forcet charleston base. every time you see men and women aking off, there are two afghanistan -- and coming back, ou usually see them leaving on 317's and other airplanes from charleston, south carolina. i represent mcintyre air national guard base, all the men and women in the national guard who go off to active duty. they leave fro

clyburn: thank you very much. madam leader, fellow colleagues. i think it bears repeating, the republicans run the house. they run the senate. and they have the white house. the fact of the matter is, we want to stay here and do what is necessary for congress to work with the president to run this country. people think that washington is broken. the fact of the matter is, i work and live within the shadows of fort jackson, the second largest training -- army training facility in the country. i want to support those men and women at fort jackson. in south and raised carolina, headquarters for the ninth air force and third army. i want to do what is necessary to support those men and women at that joint base. i represent claussen air force base. every time you see men and women taking off to iraq or afghanistan and coming back, you usually see them leaving on c-17's. and other airplanes. from charleston, south carolina. i represent mcintyre air national guard base, all the men and women in the national guard who go off to active duty, they leave fr

i pick up the phone and that is when i decided to go see congressman clyburn. he lit up, and said yes, what can i do? i will do anything. he knows all of these characters me, there, and he said to you have to do one thing for me. go down to penn center and talk with dr. lawrence. spent a day down there, looked around, and came back to congressman clyburn and said ok. and then it happened. that is the end of my story. [laughter] mr. babbitt: there is a lot more, a lot more. and then i met greg and take, but that is -- kate, but that is where i will leave you. >> we had asked eric to speak to this effort that build and ended up not coming to fruition, but was crucial for it happening. now we will cross our fingers that the magic of technology is on our side. [indiscernible] >> ok, you should never do that. sorry, guys. >> i cannot remember anymore. >> [indiscernible] am happy to share my contribution to the reconstruction national monument beaufort, south carolina. i received a call from the secretary of the interior, bruce babbitt. he read my book on the reconst

i pick up the phone and that is when i decided to go see congressman clyburn. he lit up, and said yes, what can i do? i will do anything. he knows all of these characters me, there, and he said to you have to do one thing for me. go down to penn center and talk with dr. lawrence. spent a day down there, looked around, and came back to congressman clyburn and said ok. and then it happened. that is the end of my story. [laughter] mr. babbitt: there is a lot more, a lot more. and then i met greg and take, but that is -- kate, but that is where i will leave you. >> we had asked eric to speak to this effort that build and ended up not coming to fruition, but was crucial for it happening. now we will cross our fingers that the magic of technology is on our side. [indiscernible] >> ok, you should never do that. sorry, guys. >> i cannot remember anymore. >> [indiscernible] am happy to share my contribution to the reconstruction national monument beaufort, south carolina. i received a call from the secretary of the interior, bruce babbitt. he read my book on the reconst

clyburn talk about south carolina. because just last week i learned that my brother's grandson is going to fort jackson. he just enlisted. our family is so proud. one of my brothers -- my four brothers who served in the army, one of them started out there too. so this is about certainly supporting our defense, our department of defense, and general mattis told us he can't take these c.r.'s. it's just not a way to run a military. and it's not a way to run a government. my colleague, mr. cicilline, reminded me of mr. welch's letter. did you want to speak to that at all? mr. cicilline: i just wanted to reinforce what leader pelosi said. that we have over 170 of our colleagues who communicated to the white house the five priorities that we thought were important to be included in the continuing resolution. this parity between defense and nondefense spending. responding to the opioid crisis in our country. making sure we fund the children's health insurance program. take care of the dreamers. and be sure that we ensure our

clyburn talk about south carolina. all because just last week i learned that my brother's grandson is going to fort jackson. he just enlisted. our family is so proud. one of my brothers -- my four brothers who served in the army, one of them started out there too. so this is about certainly supporting our defense, our department of defense, and general mattis told us he can't take these c.r.'s. it's just not a way to run a military. and it's not a way to run a government. my colleague, mr. cicilline, reminded me of mr. welch's letter. did you want to speak to that at all? mr. cicilline: i just wanted to reinforce what leader pelosi said. that we have over 170 of our colleagues who communicated to the white house the five priorities that we thought were important to be included in the continuing resolution. this parity between defense and nondefense spending. responding to the opioid crisis in our country. making sure we fund the children's health insurance program. take care of the dreamers. and be sure that we ensure

clyburn. the gentleman from new york mr. khalid the gentlewoman from california ms. sanchez the gentlewoman from illinois admits boost times bustos and the gentleman from katechi mr. llama. [inaudible conversations] the president of the senate is appoints the following senators as members of the committee of the part of the senate to escort the president of the united states into the house chambers. the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas mr. cornyn. the senator from utah times utah mr. hatch. the senator from south dakota mr. thune. the senator from wyoming mr. brosseau or the senator from missouri mr. blunt. the senator from colorado mr. gardiner. the senator from new york mr. schumer to the senator from washington mrs. murray. the senator from michigan miss stabenow. the senator from minnesota miss klobuchar. the senator from west virginia mr. manchin and the senator from wisconsin ms. baldwin. the members of the oscar committee will exit the chamber stood the lobby doors. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conve

jeffers. >> thank you, leader clyburn. thank you, chairman richman, for your tremendous leadership, and to all the members of the congressional black caucus. since day one of the trump presidency, all we have seen in this country is chaos, crisis, and confusion. and this most recent republican example is another instance of the failure of the republican controlled congress and their ally in the white house to govern this country effectively. and unfortunately, with respect to this agreement, there is a failure to fix our broken immigration system or even provide an adequate pathway towards doing so in the united states house of representatives. mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, has at least promised an up or down vote on an effort to deal with this situation impacting the dreamers. a situation, by the way, which was entirely created as a man-made disaster by donald trump, who unceremoniously, for political reasons, pandering to his right-wing base, decided to end the daca program. we need a pathway forward to ad

thank you, commissioner clyburn. commissioner reilly. >> of what should be able to agree that providing agencies with flexibility to pinpoint their wireless alerts to specific areas where there is a threat is an incredibly useful function that public safety industries are supportive of such targeting capabilities and so am i. i'm in favor of today's order. the continuous need to mandate technologies is where they are ready to time frames that don't seem to be in line with the record. along with the communications security interoperability with 42 months after adoption of the commission order. the wireless industry said that they could then probably do it faster and suggest 36 months in today's inexplicable 22 months timeline based on no record evidence that is actually achievable. they have stated they will try to meet those guidelines and have also stated incredibly challenging. basically the stars must align just right to what happens in this time. while i understand the public safety entities like geo-targeting no

you, leader clyburn. thank you, chairman richman, for your tremendous leadership, and to all the members of the congressional black caucus. since day one of the trump presidency, all we have seen in this country is chaos, crisis, and confusion. and this most recent republican example is another instance of the failure of the republican controlled congress and their ally in the white house to govern this country effectively. and unfortunately, with respect to this agreement, there is a failure to fix our broken immigration system or even provide an adequate pathway towards doing so in the united states house of representatives. mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, has at least promised an up or down vote on an effort to deal with this situation impacting the dreamers. a situation, by the way, which was entirely created as a man-made disaster by donald unceremoniously, for political reasons, pandering to his right-wing base, decided to end the daca program. toneed a pathway forward address the dream

jim clyburn worked long and hard hard. thanks to everyone. >> everyone has talked about the .entrality of locals or without support on the ground, this could not have happened. what did it take to bring together a local effort? what lessons did you and other people learn from the early 2000 that got stalled? what can historians learn from your experience of trying to pull together that kind of support? lesson, and i say this in just isn't sometimes you cannot rely on high-level government officials and historians. when they started this fin bank 2008, they did not understand they had our pressure cooker in terms of local politics. and, in that pressure cooker, you do not take the top off. when they trusted congressman wilson to carry the ball in the house and they took the top off. put they got burned, top back on, and we waited. in 20 years, a lot changed. the reality is, the local politics was not so much our problem as a question about whether or not we could get something going fast enough. if the biggest obstacle was

clyburn talk about south carolina. because just last week i learned that my brother's grandson is going to fort jackson. he just enlisted. our family is so proud. one of my brothers -- my four brothers who served in the army, one of them started out there too. so this is about certainly supporting our defense, our department of defense, and general mattis told us he can't take these c.r.'s. it's just not a way to run a military. and it's not a way to run a government. my colleague, mr. cicilline, reminded me of mr. welch's letter. did you want to speak to that at all? mr. cicilline: i just wanted to reinforce what leader pelosi said. that we have over 170 of our colleagues who communicated to the white house the five priorities that we thought were important to be included in the continuing resolution. this parity between defense and nondefense spending. responding to the opioid crisis in our country. making sure we fund the children's health insurance program. take care of the dreamers. and be sure that we ensure our

back with me now congresswoman marshall fudge, james clyburn and cedric richmond. i want to play this. this happened this weekend. this is van jones speaking to jay-z on his new show. watch this. >> he is somebody who is now saying, look, i'm growing -- i'm ending black unemployment. unemployment is doing well under my administration. does he have a point? maybe he'll say terrible things to put money in our pocket. does that make him a good leader? >> no. because it's not about money at the end of the day. money doesn't equate to happiness. that's missing the whole point. you treat people like human beings. and then, you know, that's the main point. you can't treat someone like -- it goes back to the whole thing, you're going to treat me really bad and pay me well. it's not going to lead to happiness, it's going to lead to, again, the same thing. everyone is going to be sick. >> yeah. so jay-z is growing his hair out, so everybody is. i had more until my barber messed up my hair this weekend. seriously, let's talk about this because this is from the bureau of labor

congressman james clyburn of south carolina. great to have you on. as i mentioned, the secretary of homeland security was in that oval office meeting where that word was used said she never heard the president use that word. let's watch her in action. >> what did the president say about immigrants from norway? >> i heard him repeating what he had learned in a meeting before that they are industrious, a hard working country, they don't have much crime there. they don't have much debt. i think in general, i just heard him giving compliments to norway. >> you said on fox news that the president used strong language. what was that strong language? >> let's see. strong language, there was -- apologies. i don't remember specific word. what i was struck with as i'm sure you were, as well was just the general profanity that was used in the room by almost everyone. >> did you hear me use profanity. >> no, sir, neitherdy. >> did you hear senator graham use profanity? >> i did hear tough language, easiest. >> do you recall the strong language he used repeated e

the assistant leader jim clyburn will lay out for you how this bill fails to address the needs of american citizens who have suffered countless natural disasters. he led after the hurricanes to make sure everyone came back. we have not seen any effort from this administration. hakeem jeffries will present on how this c.r. conflates and fails to address the broken immigration system that we have in the country. and then as we finish that, what i will do is make sure as you ask questions, we will have all our members participate. we want to make sure that you understand that the top three dollars of where we are today, are addressed by's pacific members. with that, robin kelly will address the failures of health care. rep. kelly: thank you, mr. chairman. i am here today because this c.r. does not work for american families. we need a budget. it leaves our health system without critical funding that keeps people healthy. that is a moral travesty at this time. in the midst of one of the deadliest flu epidemics in a generation, it is utter negligence. american families deserve better. american

. >> thank you commissioner clyburn. commissioner riley. >> i want to say it's astounding that no one was hurt in this instance, it could have been a cat cliss mikka it's a fee. catastrophe. ic one issue raised in "the washington post" article regarding the governor, the hawaii emergency management agency responded to this "washington post" article saying we hope that commissioner o'reilly would have waited until the report came out before mmenting regarding the password. today hing you responded was says the article was inaccurate. the gnchor couldn't find his password and that's why he didn't respond? >> that's what's reported in the news. michael: i watched your testimony in the senate, it was helpful in delineating whose responsibility is whose. fema has responsibility for preparation of notifications and our responsibility is to make sure the notifications work from the communication company side going out. is that accurate? is that consistent with your testimony? lisa: the f.c.c. is responsible for communications.

i agree with congressman clyburn people of color are outraged about this and all americans ought to be and a resolution would be in order. >> so, rick, if we check out all the polls here, there are signs that the public perception overall of the president is continuing to erode. there's the quinnipiac poll finding that 59% of voters think the president does not care about the average american, which is up 7 points from last year. do you think that creates a climate where this censure resolution could realistically pick up some steam? >> look. it's hard to say. i always said the president's poll numbers are artificially high. the reason i say that is because the economy is actually doing very well. the stockmarket continues to brake all records. unemployment is at historic lows. so there's a lot of good things going on for americans, so in that situation, you would normally have a presidency in his first year enjoying 67 approval ratings yet he is stuck at 36 and is getting worse t. thing is, we'll see and i do believe this sets up to be a wave for the democrats in 2018. it remains to b

assistant leader jim clyburn will lay out for you how this bill fails to address the needs of american citizens who have suffered countless natural disasters. after the hurricanes to make sure everyone came back. hakeem jeffries will present on how this c.r. conflates and fails to address the broken immigration system that we have in the country. and then as we finish that, what youll do is make sure as ask questions, we will have all our members participate. but we want to make sure you understand the top three pillars of where we are today are addressed by specific members. with that, robin kelly will address the failures of health care. mr. kelly: thank you, chairman. i am here today because this c.r. does not work for american families. we need a budget. it leaves our health system without critical funding that helps people keep healthy. that is a moral travesty at this time, but in the midst of one of the deadliest flu epidemics in a generation it is utter negligence. american families deserve a government that doesn't use the health of our children as a bargaining chip. they may

clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, republicans control the house, the senate, and the white house. the responsibility to govern rests squarely on their shoulders. keep ats stand ready to government opened, but neither speaker ryan nor leader mcconnell seem interested in finding bipartisan solutions. maybe they are add heernt to president trump's admonition we need a good government shutdown. house democrats wholeheartedly disagree. we ought to work together in a bipartisan way to help our veterans to fight the opioid epidemic. to protect millions of workers' pensions. and to help the dreamers. today's c.r. is a kick of the can. once again republicans are engaging in legislative sleight of hand, shamefully using low-income children as political pawns. the children's health insurance program provides health insurance for nine million low-income children. every democratic member of this body supports it. republicans allowed it to expire more than four months ago and refused to bring it up on its own until they ca

. >> commissioner clyburn thank you. >> everyone should be able to agree providing agencies with the flexibility to pinpoint their wireless emergency alert to those areas where there is no threat is in one -- useful function. they are supportive of such targeting capabilities. i am in favor of today's order but my concerns center on the commission continuously to mandate technology before they are ready with a timeframe not in line. today the communication security interoperability recommended compliance should occur 42 months after adoption of the order. the wireless industry said they could do a faster and suggested six months now it has been 22 months with no record evidence it is achievable on the wireless providers said it will be incredibly challenging and the stars must align just right while i understand to have geo- targeting now you cannot wish it into existence and let the record reflect further consideration is needed to effectuate geo- targeting with the need for software or hardware changes and this doesn't happen overnight. they are still finalizing the last set of wea

commissioner clyburn? the chair of votes imac is willt the item is adopted. privileges granted as requested. thanks to the great work. thanks dean appeared very much. i will have a few comments and be happy to take your questions. today the sec took a major step forward in improving our wireless emergency alert system. many in the public safety community have said wireless emergency alerts need to be more precisely targeted to areas where there is an emergency. when deadly wildfires igniter in northern california last october, some local authorities chose not to push out a wireless alert. they cited fears you look would have gone out to people who are not in harm's way. potentially provoking a mass exodus that could clog the roads and prevent those action in danger from reaching safety. with today's action of the commission has addressed this problem and made an important life-saving tool even more effective. these new rules require wireless carriers to deliver alerts at more precisely match the affected area. so i will go to local officials to use these aler

. >> we now will begin with commissioner clyburn. >> text 2911 wireless accuracy promoting the reliability of communications my approach with public safety issues has been shaped by three principles, people with accessibility and challenges must benefit and we should do all we can to educate consumers about the safety benefits and collaborate among all stakeholders. frederick douglass one of the most influential americans of the 19th century says if there is no struggle there is no progress african history month days away this is a particularly fitting quote to aptly describe the public safety proceedings over the past eight years. typically proceeding start with the commission setting an ambitious goal and then in many cases the communication industry pushes back and this is followed by the five of us not agreeing on policy details. but in the end the struggles in collaboration with stakeholders have resulted in progress and improvement to emergency communication. the same could be said for wireless emergency alerts. while the carriers voluntarily participate to authorize alerts originato

tweet on thursday night, and i retweeted it about just how racist this is, and i heard congressman clyburn, who's our assistant leader, i heard him talking about the possible censure of some of the news shows and absolutely, i support a censure. i think it was blatantly racist. and even though steve bannon is gone from the white house, you still have a character like stephen miller that as has made very provocative statements as it relates to race and immigration. and so, i think that if you go back and you start investigating this and start finding out exactly what made him say the reprehensible things that he said about haitians and about africans, i guarantee that it goes back to conversations that he's had with stephen miller. and i thought the fact that he would throw norway in there and say we should have people come in from countries like norway instead, i thought that it was very racist, and it just reminded me of something that you may have heard like in the early 20th century as it relates to immigration policies in this country, and it's embarrassing and it hurts our standing ar

democratic congressman, james clyburn of south carolina joining us from columbia right now. thanks so much for joining us. what's the impact of the president's comments? >> first of all, thank you so much for having me, wolf. i think the impact has been dramatic. i think that the president has really stepped into it here. i think that the congressional black caucus solidified efforts and one of which is to pursue the essential resolution. i hope we can do that and get bipartisan support for it. the president is the commander in chief. this is kind of the conduct of unbecoming of an officer. if a general or some other line officer in the military were to say something like this, he would be censured. it should occur here with the commander in chief at a minimum. and then of course when we get back next week, i think that the congress ought to sit down in a bipartisan way to find what it is we are trying to do on behalf of dreamers and get daca done. let's look at what we should do for border security and let's take this discussion about immigration off of this issue. it shoul

notion of this year being an election year is so completely related, especially if you are the james clyburn and other democrats of the word to what we are hearing now. because it's mobile licensing tool and factor. they don't have to do much, they don't think, to mobilize people to get out and vote for democrats who could put potentially put their party in charge in the house, which could make the democrats job a lot easier giving them the ability to do a lot more than potentially offer a censure, which probably wouldn't even likely wouldn't even pass because you still have a republican majority in the house. so right now they have their voices. they have their statements. they have the rhetorical tool of saying what they want to say. but not much more than that. you are absolutely right. >> yeah. you mentioned, cornell, you mentioned calling this what it is. calling it out. finding solutions. but if the president is enjoying this controversy in which he is being called a racist, how do you fix that, as you said? >> i think one of the things we have to do is be clear of the consequences of

. >> take a listen to democratic congressman james clyburn of south carolina speaking on cnn today. >> the president is the commander in chief and this is kind of what we call conduct of unbecoming of an officer. and if a general or some other line officer in the military were to say something like this, he would be censured. i think it should occur here. >> do you think that the president should be censured? >> i don't think -- i think we need to move on and i think we need to take care of the d.r.e.a.m.ers and take care of these people who are here legally through the temporary assistance program, that's what i think we need to do. we need to move on, jake. look, i'll be honest with you, i understand ratings, newspaper clicks, hits, ratings in television, okay? everybody's had their say. hopefully we'll see some more out of republicans. maybe the president will say something, apologize or whatever. we've got to move on. we have big issues out there. we're facing maybe the closing of the government. we've got a situation where we've got to take care of these other folks. everybody, y

jim clyburn is bringing it up. for conduct unbecoming, if you're in the military, and you have stormy daniels and all these other stories, you would be court-martialed for conduct unbecoming an officer. n't this is clerl conduct unbecoming a president. >> it's clear the public doesn't care about behavior like that. >> there's no pressure among the republican congress. mitch mcconnell said, you know, this isn't really our territory. >> they want to pretend that they're working with a normal president. and that will continue so long as there's some things they can get done and he hasn't cratered in the polls. >> you guys got to keep this debate going during break. but as you can see, the debate will be go ahead on twitter. >>> we'll be right back with a very strange political coincidence. from a lighting strike give me the same rush as being golfball-sized hail? of course not. but if you can stick to your new year's resolution, then i can stick to mine and be the best road flare i can... what? you couldn't even last

me now congresswoman marcia fudge and robin kelly, congresswom congresswomen, and congressmen james clyburn and cedric richmond. i want to play this. this happened this weekend. this is van jones speaking to jay-z on his new show. watch this. >> he is somebody who is now saying, look, i'm growing -- i'm ending black unemployment. black people are doing well under my administration. does he have a point? that maybe the democrats have been giving us good lip service but no jobs. maybe he'll say terrible things to put money in our pocket. does that make him a good leader? >> no. because it's not about money at the end of the day. money doesn't equate to happiness. it doesn't. that's missing the whole point. you treat people like human beings. and then, you know, that's the main point. you can't treat someone like -- it goes back to the whole thing, you're going to treat me really bad and pay me well. it's not going to lead to happiness, it's going to lead to, again, the same thing. everyone is going to be sick. >> yeah. so jay-z is growing his hair out, so everybody is. i had more until my bar

clyburn: if you look at all that's been said about the children's health insurance program what you are going to find is that we extended that program in the c.r. for six years with a savings of $1 billion. it's a slight of hand. because we did not fund community health centers. the d not fund disproportionate share hospitals. we did not fund adequately the teaching hospitals. so if you wanted to really be honest with the american people, we could have extended the community health -- children's health insurance program by -- permanently and saved $6 billion and would have had enough money in the savings to expand our community health centers to fund disproportionate share hospitals and to fund teaching hospitals that which we did not do and i voted no. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from washington seek regular -- 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 gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. i am so

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clyburn talk about south caroli. because just last week i learned that my brother's grandson is going to fort jackson. he just enlisted. our family is so proud. one of my brothers -- my four brothers who served in the army, one of them started out there too. so this is about certainly supporting our defense, our department of defense, and general mattis told us he can't take these c.r.'s. it's just not a way to run a military. and it's not a way to run a government. my colleague, mr. cicilline, reminded me of mr. welch's letter. did you want to speak to that at all? mr. cicilline: i just wanted to reinforce what leader pelosi said. that we have over 170 of our colleagues who communicated to the white house the five priorities that we thought were important to be included in the continuing resolution. this parity between defense and nondefense spending. responding to the opioid crisis in our country. making sure we fund the children's health insurance program. take care of the dreamers. and be sure that we ensure our

and believe me, i would put -- mitch mcconnell stony face and other stony face up against any jim clyburn's stony face. i have one very quick question for you, though. you're a word guy. you have been brilliant with words for the republican side over the years. you phrase pithy sort of condensations. is there anything you heard from the president? >> i thought when he talked about this is the time that this is a moment. he was trying to draw a bookend. and by the way, i recognize that let's see what he says today and tomorrow. i acknowledge that. >> if you're kirsten jill brand, you're really wondering what he's going to say tomorrow. >> what i hear from the left is people who want the president to fail. you criticize republicans who said the same thing against barack obama. it's the same thing that's happening right now. we should hope that our economy moves ahead. we should want people to have more money in their pockets. we should want more freedom and less regulation. these are things that every american on the left and right should want. that's not what's coming out during the speech.