mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. costa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. costa: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this republican partisan bill. just a few days ago i traveled to san diego with several of our colleagues to see firsthand how current immigration policies are being enforced. there were children separated from their parents and migrants seeking asylum. our immigration system is broken and everybody knows that. and this administration is making a challenging situation worse. our immigration system needs to be dealt with. why don't we try sitting downed and working together on real -- down and working together on real bipartisan reform? this is a partisan proposal that holds dreamers and vulnerable children hostage and does nothing for california farm workers. what's worse, it builds a $25 billion wall that by itself does not provide comprehensive solutions for our border security, which we all

mr. nadler: mr. speaker, this bill is a harsh anti-immigrant package that fails to provide a pathway to citizenship for dreamers while slashing legal immigration, crippling our agriculture industry, undocumented immigrants, undermining public safety, and removing critical protection force families and children. all in one undocumented -- prot families and children. all in one monstrous bill. there is no justification for anyone voting for this bill. i urge my colleagues to oppose the legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. the gentleman from virginia has four minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of my time. first of all, this bill has been mischaracterized and was just, again. this bill makes provisions for when the immigration service prosecutors somebody at the border. it doesn't tell them when to do that. so it is entirely incorrect

mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, this so-called resolution of insistence is being rushed to the floor as an emergency measure. there are many emergencies facing the united states at this hour. the subject matter of this resolution is not among them. this resolution is wrong on the facts, wrong on the law, wrong on the rules, and a dangerous precedent to set for the house of representatives. first, the resolution is riddled with inaccuracies. taking this document at face value, you might think that the department of justice had not already sent us hundreds of thousands of documents. many of which the sponsors of this resolution delight in leaking to the public. it also relies heavily on the march 2 subpoena issued -- 22 subpoena issued by chairman goodlatte, a subpoena that was not issued in compliance with house rules and that, according to the house past counselors with whom we consulted

mr. nadler: mr. chairman, mr. speaker, i now yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, the vice -- the vice ranking member of the judiciary committee, mr. raskin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. raskin: mr. speaker, thank you. as a member of the judiciary committee, and a professor of constitutional law, i rise against this uncommonly silly and unprecedented so-called resolution of insistence. we've already received hundreds of thousands of documents from the department of justice as yet now they want to subpoena information relating directly to an ongoing criminal and counterintelligence investigation which the majority knows full well the department of justice cannot and will not release to us. and why are they doing it? well, presumably it's all to manufacture a constitutional crisis so somebody can get fired over there, so they can impeach rosenstein as they're talking about in the judiciary committee, so they can sack the attorn

mr. nadler: mr. speaker, this bill is a harsh anti-immigrant package that fails to provide a pathway to citizenship for dreamers while slashing legal immigration, crippling our agriculture industry, undocumented immigrants, undermining public safety, and removing critical protection force families and children. all in one undocumented -- prot families and children. all in one monstrous bill. there is no justification for anyone voting for this bill. i urge my colleagues to oppose the legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. the gentleman from virginia has four minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of my time. first of all, this bill has been mischaracterized and was just, again. this bill makes provisions for when the immigration service prosecutors somebody at the border. it doesn't tell them when to do that. so it is entirely incorrect

mr. nadler: thank you very much. like senator feinstein, i've only had time to read the executive summary. after reviewing it, i have two key reactions. first, the decisions described in the report all helped donald trump win the election. all the errors were in trump's favor. when he appeared before the house judiciary committee in 2016, september, 2016, i told director comey that he was wrong to treat the two presidential candidates differently. speaking at length about the clinton investigation on several occasions, while refusing to acknowledge even the existence of what we now know was the investigation of the trump campaign. the report today confirms that we were right to be worried about the double standard. it also confirms that mr. comey was absolutely wrong in his decision to publicly reopen the investigation in october. his choice was not as he often frames it between silence and disclosure. his choice was between, as the report puts it, policy/practice -- following policy/practice and not following policy

mr. nadler: thank you very much . like senator feinstein, i've only had time to read the executive summary. after reviewing it, i have two key reactions. first, the decisions described in the report all helped donald trump win the election. all the errors were in trump's favor. when he appeared before the house judiciary committee in 2016, september, 2016, i told director comey that he was wrong to treat the two presidential candidates differently. speaking at length about the clinton investigation on several occasions, while refusing to acknowledge even the existence of what we now know was the investigation of the trump campaign. the report today confirms that we were right to be worried about the double standard. it also confirms that mr. comey was absolutely wrong in his decision to publicly reopen the investigation in october. his choice was not as he often frames it between silence and disclosure. his choice was between, as the eport puts it, policy/practice -- following policy/practice and not following policy/

and having been given the opportunity along with just mr. nadler, mr. goodlad and goud i do read the entire application, the fisa application along with the accompanying documents took me all day. i canceled all my appointments. it's very obvious why that material should not be in the public arena. there are people, i think, who would certainly could lose their lives if their identities were made known. and it's an example of the requirement that you labor under, but also that the committee labors under. i want to mention, and mr. jordan is here so he'll correct me if my understanding is incorrect. but i understand mr. jordan accused you, mr. rosenstein, on the floor during debate of threatening the hipsy staff if they attempt to hold you in contempt for failing to comply with document requests. and i think it's important we put this on the record. have you, mr. rosenstein, ever threatened congressional staff, including but not limited to house intelligence committee staff as it relates to requests for your -- for you to introduce documents or any other

mr. nadler: thank you. h.res. 970, which before us now, includes a reference to a document unilaterally issued by the house judiciary committee on march 22, 2018. it is my understanding that -- [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] >> distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, and all of my new family members in wisconsin, for the story in wisconsin and the united states only began about one year aveplgt however, many of you may i know, but 44 years ago, got my start as a young businessman right here, in the midwest. in 1974 i got my first order from chicago-based tv anufacturer. don't forget where your blessings come from. if not for this opportunity i got 44 years ago, i may not be here today. today, 44 years later, i come a to the midwest, to make major investment in wisconsin, me epay the people who gave a chance to realize my own dream. [applause] w

. >> mr. nadler votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, 17 members voted aye. 13 members voted no. >> and would you finish your sentence? >> i'm going to first declare that the vote is approved. and the notice requirement is it waived. now, i'm going to recognize myself for an opening statement. and i'll begin that opening statement by saying to both deputy attorney general rosenstein and director wray that i am very perch tiapprecia the fact that they have changed their schedules to be here so that we could have this hearing today and in a reasonable amount of time after the inspector general's report and testimony before the committee. and i would also like to acknowledge the presence of john lawyer shall the united states attorney for the northern district of illinois that was appointed by the attorney general and deputy attorney general to facilitate the production of documents which were not being produced in a timely fashion. we still have complaints, but the situation, in my opinion, has improved considerably. but we will

i am very proud of mr. nadler's legislation. i am proud of the members who have attended to this issue over the weekend every day and now on the steps of the capitol. on their behalf i am pleased to welcome a special guest. endy the young, -- w young the executive director of , kids in need of defense. kind. thank you. >> thank you. kind stands in support of this legislation. we would like to thank representative nadler, speaker pelosi, and the other courageous cosponsors of this legislation. we congratulate you for standing up for some of the most vulnerable children in the world. children on the move in search of safety and protection. this legislation would put the united states back on track of what is right and what is good by allowing family members to remain together while the immigration courts decide whether they need protection from persecution and violence or can safely return home. what we have witnessed from the trump administration is a cynical manipulation of laws and policies that have been constructed tect unacc

i am very proud of mr. nadler's legislatio i am proud of the members who have attended to tissue over the weekend every day, is now on the steps of the capitol. on their behalf i am pleased to welcome a special guest. kidsxecutive director of in need of defense. kind. thank you. >> thank you. kind stance in support of this legislation. we would like to thank representative nadler, speaker pelosi, and the other courageous cosponsors of this legislation. we congratulate you for standing up for some of the most vulnerable children in the world. children on the move in search of safety and protection. this legislation would put the united states back on track of what is right and what is good by allowing family members to remain together while the immigration courts decide whether they need protection from persecution and violence or can safely return home. what we have witnessed from the trump administration is a cynical manipulation of laws and policies that have been constructed to protect unaccompanied chil

nadler votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, 17 members voted aye. 13 members voted no. >> and the -- >> mr. chairman, would you continue your -- finish your sentence? >> i'm going to first declare that the vote is approved and the notice requirement is waived. now i'm going to recognize myself for an opening statement, and i'll begin that opening statement by saying to both deputy attorney general rosenstein and director wray that i am very appreciative of the fact that they have changed their schedules to be here so that we could have this hearing today and in a reasonable amount of time after the inspector general's report and testimony before the committee. and i would also like to acknowledge the presence of john losh, united states attorney, appointed by the attorney general and deputy attorney general to facilitate the production of documents, which were not being produced in a timely fashion. we still have complaints, but the situation, in my opinion, has improved considerably. but we will have new issues we wi

having been given the opportunity along with just mr. nadler mr. goodlatte and mr. gowdy to read the fisa application and the accompanying documents. took me all day. i cancelled all my appointments. it's very obvious why that material should not be in the public arena. there are people, i think, who certainly could lose their lives if their identities were made known. and it's an example of the requirement that you labor under but also that the committee labors under. i want to mention -- and mr. jordan is here, so he'll correct me if my understanding is incorrect. but i understand mr. jordan accused you, mr. rosenstein, on the floor during debate of threatening the hipsy staff if they attempt to hold you in contempt for failing to comply with document requests. have you, mr. rosenstein, ever threaten eed congressional staf including but not limited to house intelligence committee staff as it relates to requests for you to produce documents or any other matter? >> people make all kinds of allegations. in my business, we ask is the witness credible. and if somebody

and having been given the opportunity along with just mr. nadler, mr. goodlatte and mr. gowdy, to actually read the entire application on the carter page, the fisa application, along with the accompanying documents, took me all day, i canceled all my appointments. it is very obvious why that material should not be in the public arena. there are people, i think, who would certainly -- could lose their lives if their identities were made known. and it is an example of the requirement that you labor under, but also that the committee labors under. i want to mention, mr. jordan is here, so he'll correct me if my understanding is incorrect. but i understand mr. jordan accused you, mr. rosenstein, on the floor during debate, of threatening the hip sy staff if they attempt to hold you in contempt for failing to comply with document requests. i think it is important to put this on the record. have you ever threatened congressional staff including but not limited to house intelligence committee staff as it relates to requests for your -- for you to produce documents or any other

. >> well let me tell you my friend mr. nadler referenced said you know a big organization like that probably as many people supported trump, i heard gingrich yesterday say 97% of the people in the d.o.j. donated to democrats. t 97%. so there's a good chance the people you're relying on did support hillary clinton. we don't know because you haven't asked. it's important to know who the investoigators are and the peope you are relying on. you mentioned in the report about strozk and the relationship he mentions with judge contreras do you know why that judge was recused from the michael flynn case. >> i don't know. >> is that something you'd investigate. >> it's not in the scope of this investigation. >> i'm going to reenforce the request for the identities of the supervising special agent, the prosecutors and agents that were only identified by numbers and ask who they contributed to, if anyone in the last two cycles. now, in your report you said ssa told us that the fbi did not consider bagliano as a subject or someone but

. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, for his questions. >> this month i wrote to both of you regarding the apparent outing in the media of a confidential human source involved in the early stages of the russia investigation. i understand that while i was on the floor just now, one of my republican colleagues had the gall to quiz you about his identity again today. in my letter i asked that you, quote, investigate this case for potential violations of the intelligence identity's protection act as well as other statutes and department guidelines designed to protect the lives of covert operatives and human sorturces, closed quo. last month you testified before the senate that the day we can't protect human sources is the day american people start becoming less safe. can you further and briefly explain what you mean by that statement? >> congressman nadler, in investigation after investigation in the counter-intelligence front, the counterterrorism front, the counter crimes front, human trafficking front and basicall

. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler for his questions. >> thank you. last month i wrote to both of you regarding the apparent outing in the media of a confidential source in the early stan stages of the russia investigation. one of my republican colleagues had the gall to quiz you about his identify again today. in my letter i asked that you investigate this case for the potential violations of statutes and guidelines designed to protect the lives of covert sources. last month you testified before the senate that a day that we can't protect human sources is the day the american people stat becoming less safe. can you further and briefly explain? >> congressman nadler, in investigation after investigation in the counter intelligence front, the counter terrorism front, organized crime front, human trafficking front, and virtually every area of enforcement that the fbi is responsible for, we rely heavily on human sources to come forward and share information with us often at great peril to themselves and to their families. that is one of the single most v

and having been given the opportunity, along with just mr. nadler, mr. goodlatte and mr. gowdy actually read the entire application on the carter -- the fisa application along with the accompanying documents took me all day. i canceled all my appointments. it is very obvious why that material should not be in the public arena. there are people i think who would certainly lose their lives if their identities were made known. and it is an example of the requirement that you labor under but also that the committee labors under. i want to mention mr. jordan is here and he'll correct me if my understanding is incorrect, i understand mr. jordan accused you mr. rosenstein of threatening the hipsy staff if they attempt to hold you in contempt for failing to comply with document requests. i think it's important we put this on the record. have you, mr. rosenstein, ever threatened congressional staff, including but not limited to house intelligence committee staff as it relates to requests for your -- for you to produce documents or any other matter for that? >> people make all kind

jerry nadler of new york. the chair: gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. rise in opposition to h.r. 2851. this bill is well-intentioned but fatally flaw i agree with the goal of preventing synthetic drugs but it 2851. -- it l reasonably incorporates medical and scientific analysis in favor of a law enforcement focused approach that would worsen the mass incarceration crisis and could undermine scientific research. there are already statutory mechanisms in place to provide for the scheduling and regulation of new drugs that may be dangerous if misused. those mechanisms require an appropriate degree of collaboration at the outset among the justice department, the drug enforcement agency, the department of health and human service, and the food and drug administration in scheduling synthetic anna logs. this is because each of these agencies is equally important scheduling process. by marginalizing the roles of s. by marginalizing the roles of h.h.s. and the f.d.a. in this bill, we would establish a mechanism that d

kate: do you think the administration was right to fire mr. mccabe? rep. nadler: i don't know. i certainly think -- i don't know about his lack of candor, etc. the inspector general found that. he denies it i think. him 40 hours fire before his pension would have d after 2025veste years that was unseemly. , it certainly looks suspicious. this was vengeance by the administration. it certainly looks that way. it is hard to say whether it was or not. they should have let him retire. and whatever proceedings occurred because of the allegations a lack of candor should occur. kate: mr. comey keeps weighing in on this issue. do you think that's helpful to it or not? rep. nadler: which issue kate: on the report. multiple developments he gives weighing in. do you think it is helpful? rep. nadler: one thing is notable from the report. james comey is criticized harshly and validly for substituting his judgment for the guidelines and procedures of the department of justice in giving his opinion of the conduct of someone he was not charged with a crime and making an announcement about that

our legislation that was to solve this problem, introduced by mr. nadler and the judiciary committee democrats and all of us, welcome anyone else that would like to sign, would get to the immediate concern of not having a separation of these children and also ending the zero tolerance program which has created this unjust situation. let me indicate to you that all of the medical professionals, including alicia liberman with the early trauma treatment network at university of california, said decades of studies show early separations can cause permanent emotional damage. children are biologically programmed to grow best in the care of a parent figure. members who have visited have said they walked into rooms with 300 children and they were absolutely silent. they were frightened. toddlers. who of us have had toddlers in our home, from our own children to those of us fortunate to have grandbabies like mine, like roy iii and ellison, have ever seen them sit still? these children were in total fear and apprehension. this is what we are creating. this is

i understand this amendment funds a report required by the 2019 house-passed mr. nadler:, which we do not -- ndaa, which we do not object. i thank the gentlelady and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from new hampshire. ms. kuster: thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from new hampshire. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it and the mendment is agreed to. it's now in order to consider mendment number 7 printed in house report 115-785. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? mr. gallagher: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in house report 115-785 offered by mr. gallagher of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. gallagher, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the

. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, for his questions. >> thank you. last month i wrote to both of you regarding the apparent outing in the media of a confidential human source involved in the early stage of the russia investigation. i understand that while i was on the floor just now, one of my republican colleagues said the goal to quiz you about his identity again today. in my letter, i asked that you, quote, investigate this case for potential violations of the intelligence identities protection act, as well as other statutes and department guidelines designed to protect the lives of covert operatives and confidential human sources, closed quote. director wray, last month, you testified before the senate that the day that we can't protect human sources is the day the american people start becoming less safe. can you further and briefly explain what you mean by that statement? >> congressman nadler, in investigation after investigation in the counterintelligence front, the counterterrorism front, organized crime front, human trafficking front, and v

. >> i heard you but you can say it where mr. nadler can hear you, too. >> my view of this was that this was extremely serious, completely against the core values, my personal view having been a prosecutor and worked with f.b.i. agents, i can't imagine f.b.i. agents suggesting even that they might use their powers to investigate frankly any candidate for any office. >> i can't, either. let me ask you this in conclusion. i think you've -- you laid out in your opening that peter strzok's obsession with donald trump and the russia investigation may have led him to take his eyes off of the wiener laptop and notably ironic way calls jim comey to be a little later in sending those letters to congress. so that is one example of outcome determinative bias. but i have to ask you. you used to be in a courtroom and you were on the side of the united states and you worked for the department of justice. if someone is pre-judging the outcome of an investigation before it ends, and someone is pre-judging the outcome of an investigation before i

by the way, i remember mr. nadler a little earlier asking you about the -- because we're hearing so much about two particular fbi agents who favored apparently hillary clinton or at least did not like mr. trump. a lot of us join in that sentiment, but are you aware of any fbi agents who in fact love mr. trump and didn't like mrs. clinton? >> we looked at the team that will worked on this investigation and the clinton e-mail investigation, and -- and we reported what we found in terms of biased texts. >> did anyone ever refer you to say the new york field office of the fbi? >> there were comments made by the fbi general counsel about his understanding of the view of agents in the new york field office. >> my time is almost up, and i -- there are a lot of people, i believe the new york office had profound bias that was anti-clinton that actually influenced mr. comey's thinking. i just wish the fervor shown here was reflected in our willingness to look objectively at other -- other needs for investigation, especia

you allowed mr. jordan to offer an amendment that was not germane. then you stood at a view in the cameras in the hallway while ms. the maturity offered to overturn the amendment. wednesday you dropped all committee business. meet so the majority can criticize the deputy attorney general to his face about his failure to produce documents you know we cannot produce. you will take a break so that we can go to the four -- floor. it is a measure without pretextt and clearly a against a move that the majority has already planned. what is the great emergency that justifies this last-minute hearing? the tired story of hillary clinton's emails, plus conspiracy theories about a special counsel. while we are actively separating families at the border and ripping children from their parents, that did not merit an emergency but meeting by this committee. now thousands of children are still separated and there is no clear plan to reunite them. where's the emergency hearing on that issue? russia who interfered in our 2016 elections is actively working to interfere

it still has a net affect as congressman nadler points out of revealing an investigation into mrs. clinton and protecting an investigation. hiding one in to then candidate donald trump. and so it's really hard to argue having looked at this report that somehow despite the fact that. >> dana: a.b., have you hold. senator lindsey graham is speaking. we're going to listen in live here. >> okay. >> the fbi, the people in charge of the clinton investigation, were they really in the tank or not? and we'll see what the conclusions are and i will challenge mr. horowitz to make sure that his conclusion that they weren't in the tank makes sense. time will tell. >> thank you, sir. >> dana: a.b. and ron, that was lindsey graham making a couple quick statements there. a.b., i hear what you are saying. ron, i want to ask you something else, which is about this ig report and insubordination. we talked about there are processes in place and that's what helps keep from you getting into this kind of trouble. james comey decided to take this upon himself and i guess he thought that he was doing the r

nadler: one thing is notable from the report. james comey is criticized harshly and validly for substituting his judgment for the guidelines and procedures of the department of justice, giving his opinion of the conduct of someone he was not charged with a crime and making an announcement about that investigation within 90 days. add he is subject to criticism for the fact that although he was talking publicly about the investigation with hillary, we now know there was investigation in the trump campaign going on at the time. they kept it totally secret. he would not admit it. the other thing is, nothing in this report sheds any doubt whatsoever on the honesty or of mr.were -- candor comey. everything he said was apparently truthful. the criticism is that he was arrogant and made arrogant decisions to overall department policy because he thought it was the right thing to do. he was honest about it, but he was arrogant and he should not have done it. that is what will be important, should he be a witness in any proceedings. they're

mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from mr. mcgovernor earn, pepding which i'll yield myself as much time as i may consume. consideration of this -- it's yielded for the purpose of only.e mr. speaker, i ask -- extraneous resolution house 5971 under current consideration. so ordered. provides for consideration of house insists n 970, which the department of justice comply with the intelligence committees. one-hour debate divided between the chairman and committee.diciary yesterday the rules committee had an opportunity to hear from fellow man jordan and a judiciary committee member as well as ranking member nadler also heard from mark meadows and congressman scott perry, discussiona vigorous that last add while in rules. mr. speaker, oversight of the one of the anch is house's most important responsibilities and authorities. as a member of the judiciary which has oversight of the department of justice and f.b.i. is a responsibilit

mr. horowitz, you are recognized for your opening statement. >> great. thank you. chairman gowdy and goodlatte, and thank you ranking members cummings and nadler and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today regarding the report we released last week. our 500-page-plus report provides a thorough, comprehensive, and objective recitation of the facts related to the department's and the fbi's handling of the clinton e-mail investigation. it was the product of 17 months of investigative work by a dedicated oig team that reviewed well over 1.2 million documents and interviewed more than 100 witnesses, many on multiple occasions. the review team followed the evidence wherever it led. and through their efforts, we identified the inappropriate text and instant messages discussed in the report. additionally, the oig's painstaking forensic examinations recovered thousands of text messages that otherwise would have been lost or been undisclosed. as detailed in our report, we found that the inappropriate political messages that we uncovered cast a cl

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] mr. schumer: ok, good afternoon, everyone. i'm proud to be joined by my colleague, senator feinstein and warner, and my dear friend and house colleague, who i know longer than anybody probably in this room, jerry nadler. leader pelosi, ranking member cummings, and ranking member schiff are voting and on their way. and they'll speak when they get here. well, so we now know the long-awaited report from the inspector general has been made public. several things are c

you allowed mr. jordan to offer an amendment that was not germane. then you stood at a view in the cameras in the hallway while ms. the maturity offered to overturn the amendment. wednesday you dropped all committee business. meet so the majority can criticize the deputy attorney general to his face about his failure to produce documents you know we cannot produce. you will take a break so that we can go to the four -- floor. it is a measure without pretextt and clearly a against a move that the majority has already planned. what is the great emergency that justifies this last-minute hearing? the tired story of hillary clinton's emails, plus conspiracy theories about a special counsel. while we are actively separating families at the border and ripping children from their parents, that did not merit an emergency but meeting by this committee. now thousands of children are still separated and there is no clear plan to reunite them. where's the emergency hearing on that issue? russia who interfered in our 2016 elections is actively working to interfere

mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i thank the gentlewoman, my friend from wyoming, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate, and i will proceed to debate the rule for h.r. 2083 and 6157. the first measure, 2083, in my opinion, is an overly broad bill that will lead to the needless slaughter of over 1,000 sea lions without addressing the serious problems facing our country's endangered salmon stocks. 13 populations of salmon and steelhead in the columbia river are listed under the endangered species act. with their greatest threat to dams, on coming from habitat loss and climate change. this bill does nothing to address those issues and will not lead to the recovery of the salmon populations. mr. speaker, in a change of pace for this republican -controlled congress, h.r. 6157, the department of defense appropriations act for fiscal year 2019, is a largely bipartisan bill. totaling $674.6 billion, $20 billion above the fiscal year 18 enacted level, h.r.

to mr. o'rourke and mr. kennedy who were near the tent city. tent cities near el paso. to frank pallone and hakeem jeffries and jerry nadler that were out in the new york-new jersey area. debbie wasserman schultz and others who were in florida. we're pushing legislation, we're out on the streets. we're organizing rallies. we're doing every single thing that we can to change this. to end it. and thank you to the folks in the senate who also made a trip to mcallen and to snork merkley, without whose help and support a few weeks ago in brownsville this issue would not nearly have gotten the same amount of attention. you know, this year marks 50 years since we lost two titans in american history. martin luther king and robert f. kennedy. and robert f. kennedy said 52 years ago in a famous speech that he gave in south africa on their day of affirmation, senator kennedy said back then, robert f. kennedy said back then, moral courage is a rare commodity than bravery in battle or intelligence. yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that

i'm proud to be joined by my colleague, senator feinstein and warner, and my dear friend and mr. schumer: ok, good afternoon, everyone. i'm proud to be joined by my colleague, senator feinstein and warner, and my dear friend and house colleague, who i know longer than anybody probably in this room, jerry nadler. leader pelosi, ranking member