ms. jackson lee: i'm happy to yield the gentlelady 15 seconds. ms. bass: someone that has the capacity to bring our country together is what we have lost. but even for this president, this is a new low. using rhetoric against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's race is superior. since the president will not lead, we must. i yield back the balance of my ime. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair will -- in case anybody forgot -- remind everyone in this house on both sides of the aisle that the rules will be strictly enforced for the remainder of this debate and members are advised to think closely about their words, particularly when referring to personalities. the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, the distinguished democratic chair of the democratic caucus of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. jeffries: madam speaker, our diversity is a stre

ms. jackson lee: we're prepeared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: i will not belabor this. i have made many of the points i have said before. i think this was rushed to the floor. i think this is what happens unfortunately when things are rushed. there are things that need to be done and the decorum of the house is important. we've had a long lesson on that today. the very essence of the resolution which has issues beyond needs to be considered. when we do this, then i think as i said in my hoping and i'll stick by what i said then this needs to be voted down. this does not need to go forward. we need to get to a certain time when we are back to literally doning the people's business. this is the third time, madam speaker, that i've been on the floor doing this third time. more time than aye done on immigration. more time than i've done on any other bills. more bills that could get signed into law. as my whip just said a few minutes but it seems like common grouped is go

ms. jackson lee: we are delighted to be able to support this bill to help america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. womack: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, at this time i want to yield one minute to the distinguished republican leader of the united states house of representatives, my friend and colleague from bakersfield, california, a man that i know has a great desire to see regular order played out on the floor of this house and an opportunity to actually go back to the budget process, appropriations process that we once knew in this great chamber. at this time, mr. speaker, i yield mr. mccarthy, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i thank the republican leader of the budget committee for yielding. i also thank him for his work and desire to see a budget in this congress. i wish we had a budget in this congress. and then we would probably be a little stronger position, but we work in a government that has -- designed to have

ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker and ask to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from maryland for his scholarship and his passion. the chairman of the rules committee, my good friend from georgia, and all those who have come to the floor today. let me say that this is a somber moment. it is not a moment that i cherish. my privilege in serving the greatest country in the world has allowed me to serve with three previous presidents. not one time from the three previous presidents have i ever heard the words that were uttered this weekend. now, i believe in harmony. i just came out of a helsinki commission meeting, an organization that deals with peace around the world. and we were talking about how we can impress upon the world to not use religion for hatred, religion is love. one of the answers i gave was to show the examples here in the united states, where religions from all different perspectives come together in the time of disaster and need. it is something that touches ou

ms. jackson lee: throughout the entire time of mr. mueller's presence, he evidenced elements f a crime. he was not in any way shortchanging his answers that crimes had been committed. he said yes to the three elements of obstruction. he said yes that one element of obstruction could result in jail time. he also said that, and answered questions that said you did not have to have an underlying crime to be able to be convicted of obstruction. i don't think the american people have ever heard that in that manner before. know there are some who may have read both volumes. but they never heard it as it was laid out with the members of this committee that when you finish the judiciary committee's questioning and then you started with chairman nadler who did an enormous job on framing our questioning by getting right to the meat of the issue of obstruction and then exoneration which director mueller openly and, i think, quite vividly, said that he was not the president exonerated, and then we continue methodically to reinforce that to the ex

ms. jackson lee: throughout the entire time of mr. mueller's presence, he evidenced elements of a crime. he was not in any way shortchanging his answers that crimes had been committed. he said yes to the three elements of obstruction. he said yes that one element of obstruction could result in jail time. he also said that, and answered questions that said you did not have to have an underlying crime to be able to be convicted of obstruction. i don't think the american people have ever heard that in that manner before. i know there are some who may have read both volumes. but they never heard it as it was laid out with the members of this committee that when you finish the judiciary committee's questioning and then you started with chairman nadler who did an enormous job on framing our questioning by getting right to the meat of the issue of obstruction and then exoneration which director mueller openly and, i think, quite vividly, said that he was not the president exonerated, and then we continue methodically to reinforce that to the

ms. jackson lee: throughout the entire time of mr. mueller's presence, he evidenced elements of a crime. he was not in any way shortchanging his answers that crimes had been committed. he said yes to the three elements of obstruction. he said yes that one element of obstruction could result in jail time. he also said that, and answered questions that said you did not have to have an underlying crime to be able to be convicted of obstruction. i don't think the american people have ever heard that in that manner. before. i know there are some who may have read both volumes. but they never heard it as it was laid out with the members of this committee that when you finish the judiciary committee's questioning and then you started with chairman nadler who did an enormous job on framing our questioning by getting right to the meat of the issue of obstruction and then exoneration which director mueller openly and, i think, quite vividly, said that he was not the president exonerated, and then we continue methodically to reinforce that to th

ms. jackson lee: lila said just go back to school. and another misses her husband along with her children. they are not just statistics but broken libes and families. and 3,000 more will die as we go further into this time as 3,000 that died on that day and those of us in this congress who were here on 9/11, we will never forget and be reminded of the heroes, police officers, firefighters and volunteers. let us never forget. heroes. member those let us never forget and let us vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. hot hot we are here today to -- mr. gottheimer: we are here today to remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings on 9/11. they are heroes and need our help. new jersey law enforcement, firefighters and others rushed toward the pile as others ran out. if you asked how they are able to summon the courage, they will tell yo

ms. jackson lee: lila said just go back to school. and another misses her husband along with her children. they are not just statistics but broken libes and families. and 3,000 more will die as we go further into this time as 3,000 that died on that day and those of us in this congress who were here on 9/11, we will never forget and be reminded of the heroes, police officers, firefighters and volunteers. let us never forget. heroes. member those let us never forget and let us vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. hot hot we are here today to -- mr. gottheimer: we are here today to remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings on 9/11. they are heroes and need our help. new jersey law enforcement, firefighters and others rushed toward the pile as others ran out. if you asked how they are able to summon the courage, they will tell yo

ms. jackson lee: we are delighted to be able to support this bill to help america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. womack: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, at this time i want to yield one minute to the distinguished republican leader of the united states house of representatives, my friend and colleague from bakersfield, california, a man that i know has a great desire to see regular order played out on the floor of this house and an opportunity to actually go back to the budget process, appropriations process that we once knew in this great chamber. at this time, mr. speaker, i yield mr. mccarthy, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i thank the republican leader of the budget committee for yielding. i also thank him for his work and desire to see a budget in this congress. i wish we had a budget in this congress. and then we would probably be a little stronger position, but we work in a government that has -- designed to have

ms. jackson lee: would the gentlelady yield? chairman nadler: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> move to strike the last word. chairman nadler: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate. i appreciate the passion in this committee. this is a committee full of passionate people who think about issues deeply and care deeply. i also had an opportunity to visit multiple detention facilities and holding facilities, and i'll tell you, one of the ones i happened to be able to visit was a for-profit private i.c.e. detention facility. mr. biggs: i didn't have the same experience as my colleague. that's probably unique to me. get that. these subpoenas seem to be overkill in my mind. it's probably too early. i think that we can get these folks to come in. i think we can negotiate this. but leaving that aside, i'm especially troubled by the format that's been reported to me will be for this upcoming mueller hearing. if we start eight to 10 minutes late for that hearing, if we only have two hours

ms. johnson, ms. vaughn and ms. jackson defied intense discrimination and overwhelming adversaries. apollo missions astro numberically -- were astronomically high. we did not know them. we did not know them. i'm proud to recognize them today on the floor as women of distinction, with unrivaled talent. i'm proud to know their contributions of finally being recognized, and on a very important note, as a member of my sew roarity, i'm proud -- sorority, i'm proud to call them my sisters. new found recognition will undoubtedly inspire a generation of known people to pursue stem careers despite whatever odds may be against them. black girls can learn about the apollo 11 mission and know there are heroes who look just like them. first generation college students, low-income children and children of color can understand how it's possible to defy the odds with stem. to help make this possible, my long-term friend and colleague from florida, representative posey and, and i worked together to pass the apollo 1150th anniversary commemorative coin act -- 50th anniversary commemorative coin act,

ms. garcia: i yield one minute to our colleague from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlewoman from texas, ms. garcia, for her leadership. you can see we are intertwined on this issue. these children are unaccompanied. we're not saying adults, we're not saying criminals. we're saying children who are unaccompanied migrant children, many unaccompanied because of the zero tolerance policy of this administration, the continued policy of separating children from their guardians, from their grandmother, from their aunt. how do i know this? because i saw this firsthand this past monday just four day, three days ago. where unaccompanied children were held in a facility and i asked the question, how are they unaccompanied? they're unaccompanied because we took the adults away from them. this is simple to say that these children not be held in department of defense facilities. this does not undermine this bill. it simply says children are precious and should be handled in a manner that provides them with the care and courtesy and love of the rig

ms. jackson lee: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i rise to support h.r. 549 the venezuela t.p.s. act of 2019. venezuela signates for an initial 18-month period. and such designation would allow eligible nationals who are in the united states to register for t.p.s. benefits including temporary immigration status. let me indicate in my community in houston, there are a number of venzuelans who told their story leaving behind family members. many of them have had the opportunity to be in this country to be safe, but to be concerned about family members. we know that there are difficult times in venezuela. it is important for the united states to engage to try and resolve this. there are crisis of family separation and violence. i would make the point this is an important initiative and also say i would like to thank one of the constituents in my community , a company that has many venzuelans working there and generous supporter of houston and it is important to

ms. johnson, ms. vaughn and ms. jackson defied intense discrimination and overwhelming adversaries. apollo missions astro numberically -- were astronomically high. we did not know them. we did not know them. i'm proud to recognize them today on the floor as women of distinction, with unrivaled talent. i'm proud to know their contributions of finally being recognized, and on a very important note, as a member of my sew roarity, i'm proud -- sorority, i'm proud to call them my sisters. new found recognition will undoubtedly inspire a generation of known people to pursue stem careers despite whatever odds may be against them. black girls can learn about the apollo 11 mission and know there are heroes who look just like them. first generation college students, low-income children and children of color can understand how it's possible to defy the odds with stem. to help make this possible, my long-term friend and colleague from florida, representative posey and, and i worked together to pass the apollo 1150th anniversary commemorative coin act -- 50th anniversary commemorative coin act,

ms. jackson lee: would the gentlelady yield? chairman nadler: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> move to strike the last word. chairman nadler: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate. i appreciate the passion in this committee. this is a committee full of passionate people who think about issues deeply and care deeply. i also had an opportunity to visit multiple detention facilities and holding facilities, and i'll tell you, one of the ones i happened to be able to visit was a for-profit private i.c.e. detention facility. i didn't have the same experience as my colleague. that's probably unique to me. i get that. these subpoenas seem to be overkill in my mind. it's probably too early. i think that we can get these folks to come in. i think we can negotiate this. but leaving that aside, i'm especially troubled by the format that's been reported to me will be for this upcoming mueller hearing. so, if we start eight to 10 minutes late for that hearing, if we only have two hours and c

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i've known the men and women who have served in the department of homeland security and have dealt with the border for many, many years. i've respected the work that they have done. it is tragic, however, now that as we continue to serve under this administration, we now find the department of homeland security in a major cover-up. the unaccompanied children that have been separated from their families, the disallowance of members to visit and do their oversight work, to see the conditions, and the rejection of the department of homeland security's office of inspector general who wrote a direct memo to the secretary that said, there is an urgent crisis that you must deal with at the border, and for this secretary to go on national television and deny it, you can apraud the men and women that -- applaud the men and women that work, but you cannot applaud bad acts. you cannot applaud what's happening in mexico. the my grants that are there are not being taken care of. they're i

ms. jackson lee: would the gentlelady yield? chairman nadler: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> move to strike the last word. chairman nadler: the gentleman is recognized. mr. biggs: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. i do appreciate the passion in this committee. this is a committee full of passionate people who think about issues deeply and care deeply. i also had an opportunity to visit multiple detention facilities and holding facilities, and i'll tell you, one of the ones i happened to be able to visit was a for-profit private i.c.e. detention facility. i didn't have the same experience as my colleague. that's probably unique to me. i get that. these subpoenas seem to be overkill in my mind. it's probably too early. i think that we can get these folks to come in. i think we can negotiate this. but leaving that aside, i'm especially troubled by the format that's been reported to me will be for this upcoming mueller hearing. so, if we start eight to 10 minutes late for that hearing, if we only have t

ms. bickert: yes. rep. jackson lee: the deepfakes as briefly as you can. ms. bickert: we are working with experts outside the company and others to make sure we understand how deepfakes can be used and come up with a comprehensive policy to address them. we are focused on removing fake accounts, which are disproportionately responsible for this type of content, and that we are improving the speed at which we counter misinformation with actual factual articles and reduce distribution. rep. jackson lee: mr. pickles. mr. pickles: we are working on a product and policy solution. one of the things we have in place is if anyone presents any misinformation about how to vote that lends to voter suppression, we will remove that now. that policy has been in place for some time. rep. jackson lee: mr. slater. mr. slater: we are investing in working with researchers and others to build capacity and the ies in the space. we are looking at this sort of issue. rep. jackson lee: thank you for your courtesy. i yield back, mr. chairman. all of thisatch hearing on social media an

speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas, ms. lee, is recognized for one minute. i thank the e: gentleman. i said earlier today that i wish we were not here, but we are here, and now i wish to indicate that i am appalled at any commentary that demeans or hurts a fellow human being or fellow american or fellow world citizen. so the recounting of various statements i realize and recognize that comments were made about statements to ease the pain of those who are receiving it. right now we are talking about comments that came from the highest office in the land which really does reflect what this little book, the constitution, says that this nation was organized to create a more perfect union. but yet, unfortunately, the officer in the white house, the president of the united states, took to tweeting and talked about the first african-american women from the seventh district. talked about the first palestinian american woman. the youngest woman elected to congress. and the firs

jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman for his leadership. this is for the children. can you believe that this is a minimum wage increase over six years and you hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, can you believe this will allow small businesses to go in gradually and then provide all of these dollars into the economy? this is for the children. i just heard a mother who works for mcdonald's who cannot provide for her children and is on food stamps. 41.3% of those in my district will benefit in texas in the 18th district. this will help the gender gap, but more importantly, it will benefit $1 million whose parents will get a raise. it will increase worker productivity by incentivizing people to work harder and reduce the gender gap as women make up a disproportionate share of minimum wage workers and reduce the rate at which renters default on their leases by giving families more money to spend on their household budgets. apartment complexes, local stores, local clothing sto

i strongly support passing this bill and i yield to the representative from texas, ms. jackson lee. the sponsor of this bill, as uch time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much and i thank you for your leadership and the leadership of chairman grijalva for the full committee and certainly the ranking member for his courtesies. i thank the manager tonight, a friend from utah, for their kindness in yielding to me. this is an emotional moment for me and as well for many in my constituency. and i am delighted to be able to rise to give strong support to h.r. 434, the emancipation national historic trail act. i thank all of the members, as i've indicated. and also thank congresswoman haaland, chair of the natural resources committee, for holding the hearing that allowed the committee to learn of the strong support enjoyed by h.r. 434 and the hard work of dedicated historic preservationists to preserve the rich history of former slaves. let me also thank naomi mitchell of houston, texas, for her stalwart

ms. jackson lee from texas has a resolution that i'm a cosponsor of. i want that resolution on the floor this week. i'll vote for it because it details the crimes and misdemeanors. it talks about a path forward. it gives congress the authority it needs to do this in exactly the same manner we did during watergate. so, sure, i support impeachment. but if you're going to do it, let's do it right. because if you get this wrong, that's all we have left. >> thank you. we appreciate your perspective on all of this this morning. >> thank you. >> john? >> the stage is now set for the next democratic debates. what are the most interesting matchups, and where could we see the fireworks? that's next. ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. the volvo xc90. have a discount with another wireless carrier? t-mobile will match it. need a few more reasons to switch? 1. do you like netflix? sure you do. that's why it's on us. 2. unlimited data. use as much as you want, when you w

more news with hallie jackson. ms. jackson, i don't know what you are planning to do in the next hour, but i'm pretty sure you have a whole lot of fact-checking to do. >> out of the white house, the president delivering a spoken word recitation of the grievances he's been airing online for days. responding to questions about the attacks of elijah cummings, the city of baltimore and more categorized as racist by the president's opponents. unsurprisingly, not by the president himself. >> i am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world. what i have done for african-americans in two and a half years no president has been able to do anything like it. >> plus, the political strategist in chief. a showdown in the motor city for the second democratic primary debates. several candidates signaling they're ready to go on the attack this time around. we have a lot to get to in the next 60 minutes with our team covering the biggest stories of the day. we will start with geoff bennett. joining us now from the white house

ms. dorothy jones in 2008. ms. tlaib: she was very active in her local block club. she was passionate about the right to breathe clean air and stood up against corporate polluters like marathon petroleum refinery. mrs. jones was never a person to shy away from a challenge and she always accepted nothing less than the best for her family, friends and her neighborhood. i am honored to have known ms. jones for more than 10 years. she would take me to task on important issues which i always welcomed and for which i was better for it. i am grateful for her engagement on these issues that affect the quality of life for so many residents in the 13th congress -- 13th congressional district. it's an honor to have known her and served ms. jones. we honor her memory and her surviving family members. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does my friend, the gentleman from california, seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my

ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. what a glorious week, to celebrate the 50th commemoration of apollo 11. i rise as someone whose eyes were wide open when this magnificent act occurred. i had the privilege of serving on the house science committee as well and on the space and aeronautics subcommittee. i even served as they were building this massive space station. but it was likewise a privilege to represent the area in which nasa johnson space center is located. just a few weeks ago i walked through mission control and saw those outstanding men and women symbolizing those that were at their station on the very day that neil armstrong touched this magnificent planet. and then to be able to say, one small step for man and one large step for mankind. but to know what the astronauts go through and the stars in the eyes of children, every year i hold a christmas party of 15,000 for the children in our community, the most popular people that come are the astronauts that i invite. i'm excited about celebrating this 50th com

ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentlelady. i want to personally thank her for her constant and needed fight for women's rights and particularly to protect these women against sexual assault and sexual abuse. ky not tell you how many stories that we've heard at the border of young women who have come either by coyotes or when they get here to this country, the fear that they have of sexual assault and sexual abuse. it is a long, long, long, long walk and a long journey from northern triangle and i want to thank you again for recognizing that. so i rise to support the cust kuster amendment, i rise to support the underlying bill, h.r. 3239. i thank the gentlelady from california for her leadership and i thank my good friend dr. ruiz. we've talked about this, he's talked about this i've heard him on many occasions, speaking to us as members of congress, not democrat bus democrats and republicans and independents and others who would listen. in his conversation we didn't hear anything that would suggest we would undermine in any wa

before we end this hearing, let me turn to ms. jackson-lee for her five minutes and then we will have time to get to the floor. the gentle lady from texas is recognized. >> i think the chair and thank you for holding this hearing. to the witnesses, uscis acknowledges per policy changes that slowed processing and increased the backlog. does uscis, and i know we've had a series of questions like this, make any efforts to improve data collection and analysis to better understand the impact of future policy changes and processing time on case backlog? >> we do reviews, looking back in time to see the policy effects. certainly when we have information about the various policies, we tried to make estimates of how long things will take. we regularly do reviews every year on this nature. >> what is your backlog now? if you had to give a landscape approximation of how many backlog cases, do you have a handle on that? >> we have 2.4 million cases in backlog and overall, 5.9 million cases pending. >> and those individuals, do they have a doc

the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee is recognized. >> i add my appreciation for the hearing at this time. i thank the assistant attorney inspector general, ms. shaw, i thank you for your presence here. i noticed the date on the initial report. coming from your visit. to the various sites. it says may 30th. is that the date that the secretary received her report? >> no, that was the date the report was published. for the public. we send over draft reports for management comment. >> what date did the secretary get the report? >> for the may 30th, i believe we sent it to them on may 20th. >> may 20th? >> yes. >> thank you. >> as you well know, you've seen a series of congressional groups, and as well, the vice president. and i assume you watch television, social media and you've seen some similar sights that you've seen? that you saw when you inspected? >> i think so, yeah. >> and so, can you explain to me why the secretary of homeland security and his staff from may 20th, to july 2nd and july 1 st when i was i

ms. bass: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentlelady from texas, sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady and i thank the two co-sponsors, the gentleman from pennsylvania, the gentlelady from pennsylvania, for a very important initiative that not one of us have unfortunately not heard of one of our law enforcement officers in recent years, in recent times in recent months committing suicide. that incident has occurred in my own community and it is clearly important to be able to provide this extra support. supporting and treating officers in crisis act of 2019. the stoic act. it is crucial because it also impacts these families. these officers every day deal with such catastrophic incidences. in my own community we've seen six little children killed over the last couple of months. the individuals who arrive first to the scene are law enforcement officers and they're moms and dads with children. and i imagine or cannot imagine the impact that those scenes, those crime

before we and this here let me turn to ms. jackson lee for five minutes and then we will have enough time to get to the floor. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. >> i think the chair and thank you for holding the steering. i want to just come to the witnesses, uscis has acknowledged some policy changes have slowed processing and increase the overall case backlog. does uscis, and a note we've had a series of questions like this, make any effort to improve data collection and analysis to better understand the impact of future policy changes on processing time in case backlog? >> we do reviews, looking back in time to see the policy effects and certainly when we have information about the various policies we try to make estimates of how long things are going to take. we regularly do reviews every year of this nature. >> is what is your backlog now? if you had to get a landscape across the nation of how many backlog cases you are dealing with, do you have a handle on it? >> we have to .4 million cases in backlog and overall

ms. jackson lee: first, i would like to congratulate the gentleman from illinois not only for his legacy and leadership here in the united states congress, but really for the work of reconciliation and friendship in the great city of chicago working with so many different groups and understanding the issues dealing with immigrants. i rise today to say to my fellow americans something utilized by president johnson and i would think as he said it many, many years ago. i use it now because it is important in a nation that is enormously diverse that we use the words fellow americans so we cannot pit one group of americans against another. these immigrants against those who are here or those who have been immigrants that have come now or gotten status or been here for a long time. let us not let the administration pit one against the other. when i think of immigrants, i think of every single person who has come to this nation and they have come in many different colors and different air as. na

jackson, or ms. norman. one update on isabel or bono is that he or she resides or works in new york. the bureau has decided we do not have jurisdiction to sue somebody who resides in new york area admittedly it has been a while since i have taken civil procedure. i can't recall whether tag jurisdiction would allow us to bring a suit in california. effectively they sought our provision to refer that matter, too. we gave them permission. that is the next best step. >> from that point, i noticed that it has now been assigned to an outside collections agency. i think we have been trying to locate mr. jackson, at his place of residence, employment for at least three years now. i have been on the commission. this is been an item that has not regressed in any way, shape or form. >> i will take it up with the bureau. my most recent communications with my contact there, or that mr. jackson and ms. norman, as he put it, live off the grid. i think that might be the thing. if they were to refer to an outside collections

speak and thank you ms. abrams. esther chairman emma i yield back. >> ms. jackson lee is recognized for five minutes. >> let me think the committee for holding this very important hearing. for the record, i would like to put the following statement in. after the purging of approximately 98,000 individuals in the state of texas, general hopkins, republican officials were quick to claim that the secretary of state's actions were further evidence of widespread far, widespread fraud. in a tweet proclaiming, voter fraud alert. the secretary of state discovered approximately 95,000 individuals identified by dps as noncitizens having a matching voter registration record in texas. 58,000 of whom had voted in texas elections. any illegal vote -- present trump -- these numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. all over the country, especially in california. voter fraud is rampant and must be stopped. first of all, thank you for the work you're doing in your new leadership and certainly everyone watched the numbers of purging that occurred in georgia. i think you made

ms. bickert: yes. rep. jackson lee: the deepfakes as briefly as you can. ms. bickert: we are working with experts outside the company and others to make sure we understand how deepfakes can be used and come up with a comprehensive policy to address them. in the meantime, we are focused on removing fake accounts, which are disproportionately responsible for this type of content, and that we are improving the speed at which we counter misinformation with actual factual articles and reduce distribution. rep. jackson lee: mr. pickles. mr. pickles: we are working on a product and policy solution. one of the things we have in place is if anyone presents any misinformation about how to vote that lends to voter suppression, we will remove that now. that policy has been in place for some time. rep. jackson lee: mr. slater. mr. slater: we are investing in working with researchers and others to build capacities in the space. we have an intel desk that scans the horizon for new threats. we are looking at this sort of issue. rep. jackson lee: thank you for your courtesy. i

. >> thank you, hallie jackson. enjoyed your conversation there with ms. mcgrath. good morning to you. craig melvin here msnbc headquarters here in new york city. quote, he must step down. that's nancy pelosi's demand to labor secretary alex acosta as she and chuck schumer add their name to the growing list of people calling for his resignation over how he handled the jeffrey epstein case. so, what are we hearing from the white house? we'll look at that. >>> also, the future of obamacare. just a few hours from now, federal judges will take up a challenge backed by the trump administration that could very well decide the fate of the affordable care act. >>> and running to ditch mitch. marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath announcing her run against senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. and it is poised to become one of the most contentious and expensive races in 2020. we'll dig into that in just a moment, but first that breaking news we've been following here at msnbc. >>> billionaire philanthropist and two-time presidential candidate ross perot dead today at the age o

. >> thank you, hallie jackson. enjoyed your conversation there with ms. mcgrath. good morning to you. craig melvin here msnbc headquarters here in new york city. quote, he must step down. that's nancy pelosi's demand to labor secretary alex acosta as she and chuck schumer add their name to the growing list of people calling for his resignation over how he handled the jeffrey epstein case. so, what are we hearing from the white house? we'll look at that. >>> also, the future of obamacare. just a few hours from now, federal judges will take up a challenge backed by the trump administration that could very well decide the fate of the affordable care act. >>> and running to ditch mitch. marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath announcing her run against senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. and it is poised to become one of the most contentious and expensive races in 2020. we'll dig into that in jus

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i will focus on education, address health care disparities and also sign into lee sheila jackson lee's reparations bill so we can have the national conversation we waited too long in this country to have. >> thank you, congressman o'rourke, speaking of reparations ms. williamson, many of your opponents support a commission for reparations for slavery. you are calling for $500 billion in financial assistance, what makes you qualified to determine how much is owed in raeparation. >> it's not $500 billion in financial assistance. it's $500 billion, 200 to $500 billion payment of a debt that is owed. that is what rap rations is. we need deep truth telling. i appreciate what congressman o'rourke has said. it is time for us to simply realize that this country will not real. all that a country is a collection of people. people heal when there's deep truth telling. we need to recognize when it comes to the economic gap between blacks and whites in america, it does come from a great injustice that has never been dealt with. that great injustice has had to do with the fact that there was 250 yea