host: let's look at a national ad from the rnc and then we will look at arkansas. the rnc, as the republican party does take aim at the former house speaker, now democratic leader in the house of representatives. nancy pelosi, right now, i guess we could call her the incoming speaker of the house of representatives. cancel --ld like to raise taxes? >> the second part is accurate. >> the economy has been losing jobs for months. >> yes, we will raise taxes. >> officials call it a regulations tsunami. >> anti-immigration marches to abolish ice. >> a growing sense the u.s. military has significantly changed and not for the better. >> similar mismanagement within the veterans benefits administration. theig personnel cuts by u.s. army, the latest in a series of downsizing those. -- moves. >> what i represent and senator sanders and senator warren, that is the nature. pathetic, just like giving you a bowl of doggie doo, put a cherry on top and call it a chocolate sundae. host: is the ad effective? guest: in some districts it will be. this is a district largely in therban

mark, i grew up dirt-poor in south arkansas. i'm the first male in my entire family lineage to graduate high school much less go to college. for me the american dream is not something i read about from someone else, i've lived it. my dad was one of the americans like a lot of fathers who raise kids that he lifted heavy things, he worked hard, he got his hands dirty. that's the only jobs he ever knew. i felt like those were the people that republicans, their policies would help the most if we implemented them, but we acted like they didn't exist, and the result long-term was that the economic policies of true conservatism and capitalism really bringing people to a point of liberty, where they were not forever completely enslaved to their group but they were looked at as individuals to. me this is the fundamental difference between conservatives and liberals. liberals believe you're in a group, stay in your group, don't leave your group. if your group does okay, you are okay. conservatives believe our liberty is individual, god-gi

she earned her degree from the university of arkansas. andre very pleased gretchen regina have taken times out of their schedules to be with us today. with a few it off words from you and then we will go to questions. i don't think regina or myself envisioned we would be at the press club talking about miss america, one year ago. i know that i didn't, for sure. but the last few years have certainly been something i never expected in my entire life. but today we are talking about miss america. ago, miss america 30 years and the primary reasons i entered the program or talent and scholarship, and those other two things we need to make sure we are messaging better as we move this forward heard. -- move this forward. miss america has set itself from for those two reasons. we are a nonprofit. we are made up of thousands of volunteers across the country who put on local competitions, the state competitions, and they afford thousands of women every year to participate in this national program and come to atlantic city. many are surprised to find

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. ill, for five minutes. mr. hill: i thank the speaker for the time today. i rise in honor of mr. howard marshall, former deputy assistant director at the federal bureau of investigation. mr. marshall recently concluded a 21-year career with the f.b.i. this, after growing up in a household where his father, brian, a resident of my district, was a special agent for 33 years. the marshall family is visiting us in washington, d.c., in the historic capitol today. during the early stages, mr. marshall worked in st. louis, memphis, as well as at f.b.i. headquarters where he worked on multiple task forces and supervised a public corruption squad. in 2008, mr. marshall was promoted to f.b.i. leadership as assistant special agent in charge of the dallas division crime and aged the intelligence programs. after dallas, he was promoted to the inspection division where he led inspectors of local field offices as well as shooting incident review teams. mr. marshall was then appointed ecial agent in charge in louisville. most r

she earned her degrees from the university of arkansas. so we're very pleased that both gretchen and regena have taken time out of their schedules to be here with us today. >> thank you. >> i'll kick it off with a few words from you and then we'll go to q&a. >> well, thank you so much for having us here today. it's our pleasure to be here. i don't think either regena nor myself envisioned that we'd be at the national press club talking about miss america a year ago. i know i didn't, for sure. but the last two years have certainly been something i never expected in my entire life. my. but today we are talking about miss america. ago, miss america 30 years and the primary reasons i entered the program or talent and scholarship, and those other two things we need to make sure we are messaging better as we move this forward heard. -- move this forward. miss america has set itself from for those two reasons. we are a nonprofit. we are made up of thousands of volunteers across the country who put on local competitions, the state competitions, an

bush sit down for an interview at the clinton presidential center in little rock, arkansas. they discuss immigration, education and u.s. foreign aid -- toeviate policy alleviate disease. [applause] good afternoon. that was good. just last year, i remember being right there. i was working at one of the most prominent financial institutions in the world having not long ago been permitted to a new world

arkansas which is basically larocque is one of the few against hill. that's one of the few deep south republican districts that are in danger but it's basically right in an immediate around little rock. it's not a small-town rural district. republicans have to even worry, even in the deep south because and barack obama in capped the republican party together in the south and the absence of that allows democrats to run war under their own flag a little bit. with charlieing l cook. a bellwether of whathe respect. bob is on the phone, republican light. good morning. >> caller: good morning, steve. hello, c-span. that morning, charlie cook. you're looking good. i gotot a question about the maxine water race. getting different accounts and like some people say she doesn't live in her district. some say they do but if she doesn't live in her district how can she run? is or anything anybody can do about it? >> guest: thank you, bob here i have no earthly idea whether maxine waters lives in her congressional district or not. but for the u.s. house of represent

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she earned her degrees from the university of arkansas. so we're very pleased that both gretchen and regena have taken time out of their schedules to be here with us today. >> thank you. >> i'll kick it off with a few words from you and then we'll go to q&a. >> well, thank you so much for having us here today. it's our pleasure to be here. i don't think either regena nor myself envisioned that we'd be at the national press club talking about miss america a year ago. i know i didn't, for sure. but the last two years have certainly been something i never expected in my entire life. but today we're talking about miss america. as was mentioned, i was miss america 30 years ago and the primary two reasons why i entered the program were talent and scholarship. and those are the two things that we need to make sure that we are messaging better says we move this program forward. so there are probably many of you out there who don't realize that miss america has always set itself apart from other so-called competitions or pageants for those two very

her agrees from the university of arkansas. taken leased they have time out of their schedules to be with us today. thenfew words from you and we'll go to q&a. >> thank you so much for having us here today. pleasure to be here. i don't think either regina more envisioned we'd be at the national press club talking a year ago.merica i know i didn't for sure but the last two years have certainly never expected in my entire life but today about miss g america. as was mentioned, i was miss the ca 30 years ago and primary two reasons why i ntered the program were talent and scholarship. and those are the two things that we need to make sure that messaging better as we forward.s program many of you probably don't realize miss america has always apart from other competitions or pageants for those reasons. nonprofit organization. we're made up of thousands of olunteers across the country who put on the local competitions and state ompetitions this afford thousands of young women every year to come to the national scene in atlantic city.

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. >> 46-year-old bill clinton of arkansas was sworn in today right back there at the capital building. >>> bill clinton, the first baby boomer president, what he represented was a fresh start. hopes were high. very high. >> the office of president of the united states. >> congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill clinton defeats the man with the best resume in modern american political history, george bush. seemed impossible. >> a new season of american renewal has begun. >> he was like a meteor. he came on the scene, smart, well spoken, appealing, and kind of fun. >> let's listen to president bill clinton tear it up. ♪ ♪ >> clinton comes to office brimming with energy, enthusiasm and self-confidence. the first few months would be a real trial for him. >> president clinton and his staff are regrouping after an embarrassing political setback. >> his choice for attorney general was before the senate judiciary today apologizing for hiring illegal immigrants. >> we got off to a rocky start. for a number of reasons, there were hiccoughs in the appointment process and there were

. >> 46-year-old bill clinton of arkansas was sworn in today. right back there at the capitol building. >> bill clinton, the first baby boomer president, what he represented was a fresh start. hopes were high. very high. >> the office of president of the united states. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> bill clinton defeats the man with the best resume in modern american political history, george bush. it seemed impossible. >> a new season of american renewal has begun. >> he was like a meteor. he came on the scene smart, well spoken, appealing and kind of fun. >> let's listen to president bill clinton tear it up. ♪ >> clinton comes to office brimming with energy, enthusiasm and self-confidence. the first few months would be a real trial for him. >> president clinton and his staff are regrouping after an embarrassing political setback. >> his choice for attorney general was before the senate judiciary committee apologizing for hiring illegal immigrants. >> we got off to a rocky start for a number of reasons. there were hiccups in the appointm

after investigating the arkansas accident, the n.t.s.b. concluded that the canopy "was a major ".pediment to the survival of the passenge intended to protect riders from sae weather, safety hevestigaty passengers can be trapped beneathanopies as the boat takes on water and sinks. in the 1999 arkansas accihent, seven of3 dead were found still inside, four of them nned beneath the canopy. >> we found those to be a virtual death trap, thth those canopi in place, it was very hard if the boat went down for people to escape unless they were really goodwimmers or were sitting in the very outside seats. the vehicle, which weighs over four tons, once it reached a ngcritical level of floodit sank very quickly. >> yang: the n.t.s.b.'s investigation led to several safety recommendations, including removing the canopies and improving the duck's buoyancy. the n.t.s.b. has no enforcement powers. >> we sent out 30 letters to the operators of duck boats at the time. 14 of them never responded at all. >> yang: the other 16 simply acknowledged getting the le

after investigating the arkansas accide, the n.t.s.b. concluded that the canopy "was a major impediment to the survival of the passengers". intended to protect riders from the weather, safety investigators say passengers can be trapped beneath the canopies as the boat takes on water and sinks. in the 1999 arkansas accident, seven of the 13 dead were found l inside, four of them pinned beneath the canopy. >> we found those to be a virtual death trap, that with those canopies in place, it was very hard if the boat went down for people to escape unless they were really good swimmers or were sitting in the very outside seats. wvehicle, which weighs over four tons, once it reached a critical level of flooding iic sank very quy. n >> yang: the.s.b.'s investigation led to several safety recommendations, including removing the canopies uck'smproving the duck's buoyancy buoyancy the n.t.s.b. has no enforcement powers. >> we sent out 30 letters to the operators of duck boats at the time. 14 of them never responded at all. >> yang: the other 16 sim

whatever you're looking to state, it's dependent on a place like arkansas. it can impact our economy here in the state as you point out, it's not just about china. mexico is our number one purchaser of our rice products be and canada is a big purchaser of our goods so there's a larger impact than just china here. >> do you think eventually what we think of that monday lott i can, people in the farming industry would abandon -- would turn on the president. that's what supposedly china is smart enough to understand they go to red states to inflict the pain they're not one there. taking one for the team at this point, aren't they at this point? >> that's right. there's a lot of continued support for the president, as i continue to support the president. >>> lukewarm you know, giving you some patience, but you'd like him to start pulling back on this it sounds like. >> we love what he's doing with our court nominees, we love what he's doing in our tax cuts we love the deregulatory environment. we give him patience on this but we also think it's appropriate to sa

. >> reporter: the safety of budu boat was called into et question after an accident in arkansas killed 13 people. investigators back then said the boats were not originally designed for passenger service and do not have adequate buoyancy to remain afloat in the event of a breach. the missouri attorney general says the state highway patrol is is also conducting an investigation to see if there was criminal negligence. so far, no charges have been filed. >> what a heartbreaking story. thank you. >>> a father and son from arkansas were among the dead. 14-year-old survived and she and her mother who was not on board the boat spoke about their loss. . >> i know it's difficult, but take me back to that day and to that boat ride. >> it started off all sunny. barely any clouds in the sky. when we got half way done with the duck boat, there was evil clouds. the wind started picking up. pit saw a tree fall down in the background and told my brother. i was freaking out. the boat started leaning towards the right. and my mom called right before it happened. >> just to check in? >> i was away from.

carol: up next, from arkansas to manhattan. how bank of the ozarks became one of america's top construction lenders. jason: and investors have a supersized $2 trillion value of the proposed offering of saudi aramco. carol: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm jason kelly. carol: i'm carol massar. you can find us online at businessweek.com. the features section, we find a bank that not many people have heard of, bank of the ozarks. carol: it is headquartered in little rock, arkansas. jason: it is getting a lot of attention from its competitors here on wall street. here is peter robison. peter: george gleason is one of the kinds of people who makes new yorkers look like slackers. he is one of the more hard-working people i have ever met. he talks a lot about working 80 hours a week. he mentioned that he did not wake up at dawn to write his banks or earnings report, he will go up at midnight while he .as on the road afte identity in his making his bank grow and making it grow e

carol: up next, from arkansas to manhattan. have bank of america became one of america's top construction lenders. jason: supersized $2 trillion value of the repose -- carol: this is bloomberg businessweek. jason: welcome back. i'm jason kelly. carol: i'm carol. you can also find us online and on our mobile app. jason: in the featured section, we discovered a bank not many people have heard of. bank of the ozarks. rock: it is in little arkansas, making a name for itself a construction lending. jason: getting a lot of attention from its competitors on wall street. kind ofe -- is the person who makes new yorkers click slackers. he is one of the more hard-working people i have ever met. he talks a lot about working 80 hours a week. he mentioned that they did not wake up at don to write his bank earnings report, he will cap at midnight my he was on the road after a busy week. this is somebody who really finds his identity and is bank grow making his in making a grow efficiently. he can name eight metrics of the top of his head, inc

a father and son from arkansas, steve and lance smith, were among the dead. a 14 year old loren smith survived. she and her mother, who was not aboard the boat, spoke about their loss with dana jacobson. i know it is difficult, but loren, can you take me back to that day and to that boat ride? >> it started off all sunny, barely any clouds in the sky. but when we got halfway through with the duck boat thing, there was some evil clouds, the wind started picking up. i saw a tree fall down in the background and told my brother. he didn't notice it. i was freaking out. the boat started leaning towards the left-- not left-- right. and i was-- and my mom called right before it happened. >> reporter: just to check in? >> well, because i was away from them, i noticed the weather getting bad, and of course i knew where they were. and so i called, i believe it was like 7:00, shortly after 7:00, and just to check on them. and steve said-- i said, "are you on the lake?" "yes." and i said, "you know, why?" and he says, "well, it wasn't-- the weather wasn't bad when we lef

13 people drowned in that incident in hot springs, arkansas. ntsb citing that quote inadequate maintenance allowed water to enter the hole, the boat's cappy trapping some passengers inside. in that ntsb report the agency states that passengers should not wear life jackets if the boat has a candy roof because they could become trapped and drown. but tia believes if she could have grabbed a life jacket, things would have been different. >> no matter what, i felt like if i was able to get a life jacket, i could have saved my babies. >> reporter: although it is not yet known exactly what caused the drowning deaths of these 17 people on thursday, paul says these vehicles could benefit from more extensive regulation. >> maybe this could have been prevented. if we had some sort of standard for amphibious vehicles going through the inspection process. >> reporter: the boat was so close to matthew mcconaughey making it back to this ramp, but it sank about 100 yards away near the stern of the popular "brandon belle." ride the ducks branson has offered to

carol: up next, from arkansas to manhattan. how bank of the ozarks became one of america's top construction lenders. jason: and investors eye a supersized $2 trillion value of the proposed offering of saudi aramco. carol: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm jason kelly. carol: i'm carol massar. you can find us online at businessweek.com. jason: in the features section, we find a bank that not many people have heard of, bank of the ozarks. carol: it is headquartered in little rock, arkansas. jason: it is getting a lot of attention from its competitors here on wall street. here is peter robison. peter: george gleason is one of the kinds of people who make new yorkers look like slackers. he is one of the more hard-working people i have ever met. he talks a lot about working 80 hours a week. he mentioned that he did not wake up at dawn to write his bank's earnings report, he woke up at midnight while he was on the road. he has found his identity in making his bank grow and maki

carol: up next, from arkansas to manhattan. how bank of the ozarks became one of america's top construction lenders. jason: and investors eye a supersized $2 trillion value of the proposed offering of saudi aramco. carol: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ in an jason: welcome back to and "bloomberg businessweek." i'm jason kelly. carol: i'm carol massar. you will you can find us online at businessweek.com. jason: in the features section, we find a bank that not many people have heard of, bank of the ozarks. carol: it is headquartered in little rock, arkansas. jason: it is getting a lot of attention from its competitors here on wall street. you will you here is peter robison. and peter: george gleason is one of the kinds of people who make new yorkers look like slackers. he is one of the more hard-working people i have ever met. he talks a lot about working 80 hours a week. he mentioned that he did not wake up at dawn to write his bank's earnings report, he woke up at midnight while he was on the road. he has found his ident

the severe weather stretches from iowa to arkansas, with kansas city, st. louis, and little rock among the cities in the risk area, threatening some 13 million people. jo ling kent, nbc news. >>> big news tonight about one of the nation's biggest banks. "the wall street journal" is reporting that wells fargo is refunding tens of millions of dollars to customers because of services added to their accounts like pet insurance and i.d. theft protection. in some cases, wells fargo customers were aware they signed up, but were not clearly informed they would be charged once the free trial period ended. wells fargo tells nbc news it is no longer selling these products and if issues are found with past services, it will make things right with customers. >>> now to the massive explosion that rocked new york city, sending debris raining down, people running for their lives. tonight, as the air is clearing, it's raising alarms about the old pipes lying beneath the surface of not just new york but cities and towns across the country. here is nbc's rehema ellis. >> repo

carol: up next, from arkansas to manhattan. how bank of the ozarks became one of america's top construction lenders. jason: and investors eye a supersized $2 trillion value of the proposed offering of saudi aramco. carol: this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm jason kelly. carol: i'm carol massar. you can find us online at businessweek.com. jason: and on our mobile app . in the features section, we find a bank that not many people have heard of, bank of the ozarks. carol: it is headquartered in little rock, arkansas. jason: it is getting a lot of attention from its competitors here on wall street. here is peter robison. peter: george gleason is one of the kinds of people who make new yorkers look like slackers. he is one of the more hard-working people i have ever met. he talks a lot about working 80 hours a week. he mentioned that he did not wake up at dawn to write his bank's earnings report, he woke up at midnight while he was on the road. he has found his identity in makin

the republican of arkansas and other republican senators. senate democrats also provided for candidates in particular. alabama. alternate on down the invitation to participate in today's ceremony.

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mike huckabee was actually very friendly to immigrant rights when his governor of arkansas, and that when he ran for president the first time he got really conservative about it. i had a few minutes with him on an interview and i thought i was going to cut myself to him. i actually thought i was going to blurt it out, that this illegal person you're talking about is actually right in front of you. but i didn't. i got to interview ted kennedy once and almost outed myself to ted kennedy. i didn't. so there are so many moments of just pure cowardice that i, because, passing is, passing is seductive, right? like, it's easier to just lay low, do your thing, not rock the boat. so i did that for like 12 years. i passed. so i think for me it was either someone was going to out me or i screwed up myself, so cleared i chose the latter. >> host: "dear america: notes of an undocumented citizen." jose antonio vargas is the author, and it's available in september. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend booktv, t

host: congressman french hill is , a republican from arkansas. he is here to address trade issues, i want to get your reaction to that summit yesterday with press putin -- press putin -- president putin. think the president missed an opportunity to outline all of the challenges we have with the russian relationship, --assad, electionssod -- their meddling of elections in europe and the united states. i think this was a missed opportunity to make those concrete points in front of the president of russia. --assad, their illegal invasion of crimea, their meddlingand then t things we need to do together and focus on together, such as how do we reduce nuclear war and stockpiles. mantraresident trump's has been america first, did you come away from that press conference thinking he put america first? caller: -- guest: there is no moral equivalence with the united states and russia, zero. russia is a kleptocracy, and authoritarian state disguised as a tomorrow -- and authoritarian --an authoritarian state, disguised as a democracy. i wish he had gone ov

from a lot of my regulated financial institutions arkansas, they like the appointees that are in the oversight of a. is the impact of the term in the administratioandthe administrata regulatory burden point of view. i would interpret that for me tailoring plaintiff views of that might be something in your capacity when you're talking to your colleagues you may want to consult on speaking of the tax bill and regulation, you are aware that some banks we want to attract the united states and sent up intermediate companies and prosper in america lending money here and serving in america are put at a disadvantage potentially by the tax code and those that have the regulatory obligation of having a total loss of capacity, regulatory requirements are in conflict with the tax bill on how we tax but dividends from companies. are you aware of this conflict? a mac we are working on specifics and understand the conflict between the tax bill and the regulatory environment. >> i know you are in the right spot with the domestic finance to trick a sort through how to bring it through the legislative

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for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous con sent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i thank the speaker. today i rise to congratulate my good friend, r.d. kenzie, on becoming the first african-american to be elected -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. he house will be in order. >> on becoming the first african-american to be elected as commabbleder of the american legion department of arkansas. kenzie is a vietnam-era veteran of the air force and a retired federal civil service employee. he's the founding member of american legion post 74 and has been the post commander every year since that founding in 2004. he decided to step down this spring to seek the commander's position. he'd previously served as the vice chairman of the national legislative council of arkansas and held numerous appointments on the national legislative commission. mr. hill: he's a memb

coming up tuesday morning, arkansas republican congressman french hill discusses trade and tariff policies. then california democratic congresswoman karen bass talks about the u.s. russia summit and author and former presidential speechwriter kurtzman on the relationship between u.s. presidents and baseball. be sure to watch c-span "washington journal" live 7 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> tuesday on the cspan networks, the house convenes for morning hour at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. that new they will take up a number of bills under suspension of the rules and making changes to the 2010 dodd frank financial regulation law. on c-span2, the senate continues work on judicial and executive nomination scheduled for the week and on c-span three, federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies before the senate banking committee about monetary policy and the economy. that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. you can find all of its streaming online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. the national iranian american council hosted a discussion on u.s. policy towar

we had 13 deaths in arkansas in lake hamilton in 1999. four deaths in the ottowa river in ontario, canada, in 2002. two in the delaware river in philadelphia in 2010. and then the 17 deaths that occurred last week. additionally we had five deaths when the vehicle collided, had an on-land collision in seattle in 2015. back when the ntsb investigated the incident in arkansas, which is about 200 miles south of branson, they found contributing factors to that accident to be the lack of adequate bouyancy that would have allowed the vehicle to remain aflout in a flooded condition, the lack of oversight by the coast guard and also the canopy. when these vehicles are on water, the canopy serves as a trap. if they take on water and are sinking. peep who are trying to -- people who are trying to get out have no easy way to escape the sinking vehicle because the canopy traps them within the vehicle. it also is a problem in terms of wearing life jackets, because if someone has a life jacket on and one of these vehicles goes down in the water, they ge

and a personal favorite, ranger boats from arkansas is also here. the president celebrates every state's effort and commitment to american-made products and he's honored to have these companies here today. we look forward to having you all join us at that event here shortly. with, that we'll hurry and jump into questions. kevin. reporter: thanks. is the president considering the republican house intel request to declassify key sections of the records with respect to the fisa document release? and will he do that declassification before the house goes into recess? ms. sanders: the president wants to remain uninvolved in the process. wants thepeatedly he department of justice to be fully transparent with requests from congress and he's going to continue at this point to remain uninvolved. however, he sees more and more every single day that this is proving further and further to be a total witch hunt, particularly because it was based on a false and unverified and discredited dossier. reporte: we saw the president tweet on iran last night. what prompt

and a personal favorite, ranger boats from arkansas is also here. the president celebrates every state's effort and commitment to american-made products and he's honored to have these companies here today. we look forward to having you all join us at that event here shortly. with, that we'll hurry and jump into questions. kevin. reporter: thanks. is the president considering the republican house intel request to declassify key sections of the records with respect to the fisa document release? and will he do that declassification before the house goes into recess? ms. sanders: the president wants to remain uninvolved in the process he wants the department of justice to be fully transparent with requests from congress and he's going to continue at this point to remain uninvolved. however, he sees more and more every single day that this is proving further and further to be a total witch hunt, particularly because it was based on a false and unverified and discredited dossier. reporte: we saw the president tweet on iran last night. what prompted him to

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the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: i'd like to take this opportunity to express my support for the 20,000 men and women of immigrations and customs enforcement. they work hard every day to keep drugs off our streets, to stop human trafficking, to protect our communities from gang violence, and, yes, to enforce our immigration laws. theirs can be a thankless job, but they do it with courage, dedication, and professionalism. so i for one want to say thank you. and i'd like to point out the overwhelming support that house republicans showed for i.c.e. yesterday, which stands in stark contrast to the contemptible display put on by house democrats. on a simple resolution merely expressing support for the men and women of i.c.e., only 18 democrats voted yes. eight skipped the vote. 34 voted no. and 133 democrats voted present. which is the same thing as no. that's a pretty sad state of affairs. 34 democrats condemn the men and women of i.c.e., and 141 democrats don't even have the courage of their conviction. they do

. >> calls for safety regulations are growing, but many following a similar incident in 1999 in arkansas were never implemented. a mechanical inspector who warned the duck boat operator last year will be a guest on "nd" "new day" in the 6:00 hour. >>> and a uber and lyft driver, jason gargac filmed passengers and interactions. it revealed passenger full names and addresses and private conversations and intimate moments. this is all legal. missouri is a one-party consent state. one person in a conversation needs to be aware of a recording. both ride sharing companies deactivated the driver's accounts. he told the dispatch the cameras were there for his security. >>> 16 varieties of ritz crackers are being recalled because of salmonella. the powder has been recalled by the supply with the potential presence of salmonella. no illnesses have been reported. to get the latest information about the ritz recall, go to ritzcrackers.com. >>> italy is celebrating the first british open champion. francesco molinari is the only italian player to win the major. he played the final two rounds at carnou

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the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, for five minutes. the speaker.hank america is better off. mr. speaker, america is better off because u.s. crude exports have more than doubled since january, 2017, and production is up 12% so far this year alone. since the congress lifted the 40-year ban on oil exports in 2015, u.s. producers now export between 1.5 million and two million barrels of crude every day. lifting the ban has filled pipelines, sparked a surge of investment in new technology and shipping infrastructure around the united states. today, u.s. crude imports have dropped 7.5 million barrels per day as we rely on that increased domestic production and our friends in canada. lifting the ban has allowed us to be in competition with the two highest producing crude oil countries in the world, saudi arabia and russia. according to an international energy agency, this year the united states is expected to surpass saudi arabia and rival russia as the world's leading producer of crude oil. this comes as germany's working with russia on a pi

coming up this morning, arkansas republican congressman fred shell discusses the trump administration train and tariff policies. and karen bass talks about the u.s. russia summit, andand karee relationship between u.s. presidents and baseball. be sure to watch washington journal, live at 70's to this morning, join the discussion. eastern this morning, join the discussion. president trump returned home from a weeklong trip last night, to discuss a visit in presidente from a belgium and the net kingdom, earlier today he was in helsinki, to meet with russian president, vladimir putin. the two leaders took questions from reporters during the joint press conference. [murmuring] president putin's translator: thank you so much. shall we start working? i guess. distinguished mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, negotiations with the president of the united states, donald trump, took place in a frank and business-like atmosphere. i think we can call it a success and a very fruitful round of negotiations. we carefully analyzed the current status, the present and the future of the russia-united

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