mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and insert heir remarks and extraneous material on h.r. 1423, forced arbitration injustice repeal act or the fair act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 558 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 1423. the chair appoints the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. underwood, to preside over the ommittee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 1423, which the clerk will report by tight. the clerk: a bill to amend title 9 of the united states code with respect to arbitration. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. general debate shall be confined to the bill and not exceed one hour equally divided and control by the chair and ranking minority member of the

mr. cicilline: i yield back, madam chair. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the nays have it. he amendment is not agreed to. a roll call is requested. clerk will take -- no roll call? ok. thank you. are there any further amendments to the amendment? >> madam chair, move to strike the last word. >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman. i want to thank congressman carbajal for his tireless work on this issue. i especially want to thank congresswoman mcbath for her leadership, for her passion, for being a role model for all of us in how to approach this issue. and i want to acknowledge my friend, congresswoman brooks, congressman upton and congresswoman dingell for their help on the jake laird act. mr. deutch: after february 14, it's important to remember that the florida legislature in fact did pass bills to increase both the increase in minimum wage for rifle purchases, 21, and passed an extreme risk protection order l

mr. votes no. ms. bass. mr. richmond. mr. jeffries. mr. cicilline votes no. mr.wallwell. mr. lieu votes no. mr. raskin votes no. ms. jayapal votes no. miss deming votes no. mr. corea votes no. miss scanlan votes no. . miss garcia votes no. mr. neguse votes no. missmcbath votes no. mr. stanton votes no. ms. dean votes no. ms. mcursel-powell votes no. miss escobar votes no. mr. collins -- [indiscernible] >> motion to adjourn. mr. collins votes aye. mr. sensenbrenner. mr. chavis. mr. gomert. mr. jordan votes yes. mr. buck. mr. radcliffe. ms. robie. mr. gates. mr. johnson of louisiana votes yes. mr. biggs votes aye. mr. mcclintock votes aye. ms. lesko. mr. rpsenthaler. mr. armstrong votes yes. mr. steubie. mr. gates, you are not recorded. mr. gates votes aye. clerk: mr. chairman, there are eight ayes and 20 nos. >> point of parliamentary inquiry. chairman nadler: who has a point of parliamentary inquiry. the gentleman will state his point of for the mentor inquiry. >> thank you, mr. chairman. migrate relates to the rule we change last week where we mentioned staff conducting ques

mr. votes no. ms. bass. mr. richmond. mr. jeffries. mr. cicilline votes no. mr. liu votes no. mr. raskin votes no. ms. jayapal votes no. miss deming votes no. mr. corea votes no. miss scanlan votes no. miss garcia votes no. mr. neguse votes no. miss mcbath votes no. mr. stanton votes no. ms. dean votes no. ms. mcursel-powell votes no. miss escobar votes no. mr. collins -- [indiscernible] >> motion to adjourn. mr. collins votes aye. mr. sensenbrenner. mr. chavis. mr. gomert. mr. jordan votes yes. mr. buck. mr. radcliffe. ms. robie. mr. gates. mr. johnson of louisiana votes yes. mr. biggs votes aye. mr. mcclintock votes aye. ms. lesko. mr. armstrong votes yes. mr. steubie. mr. gates, you are not recorded. mr. gates votes aye. clerk: mr. chairman, there are eight ayes and 20 nos. >> point of parliamentary inquiry. chairman nadler: who has a point of parliamentary inquiry. the gentleman will state his point. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it relates to the rule we change last week where we mentioned staff conducting questioning it has been expanded to include consultants today. we contem

and i support your bill, mr. cicilline. thank you. i yield back my time. [applause] chairman nadler: the gentlelady yields back. are there any amendments? for what purpose is a gentleman seek recognition? [indiscernible] gentleman is recognized. >> by yield to the gentleman from texas. >> i want to make sure there is no more mischaracterization of what i wanted to. for me to advocate for the death penalty for the guy who went to el paso and killed all those innocent victims, is hardly dismissive. that is unfair. listening, and to say further would probably violate the rules of decorum, and i will not do that. the people that commit violent crimes be punished. and i am someone who has punished them. vick hymnslly when were women, and that may shock some people -- when the victims were women, and that may shock some people. but to say that i am dismissive of people who commit violent crimes is just not accurate. they need to be punished. that is why i want bail so shooter -- the el paso shooter who killed those innocent people to be punished under texas law

mr. richmond? mr. jeffrey? mr. jeffrey votes no. mr. cicilline votes no. mr. swallow well votes no. votes no.awell [reading roll] mr. stanton? mr. stanton votes no. ms. escobar? mr. collins? mr. collins votes aye. mr. gohmert? mr. jordan votes yes. mr. radcliffe? mr. ratcliffe votes yes. mr. gates? mr. gates votes aye. mr. johnson of the louisiana votes aye. mr. biggs? mr. biggs votes aye. mr. mcclintock votes aye. mr. klein votes aye. mr. armstrong votes yes. vee votes yes. chariman nadler: has everyone voted who wishes to vote? madame clerk? >> you are not recorded. he votes yes. chariman nadler: anyone else? the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there are 13 ayes and 19 nos. >> mr. chairman, a point of order. if a gentleman has refused -- chariman nadler: the gentleman is not recognized. i'm very troubled that the white you from answering basic questions. >> i have a motion. finishwill wait until i this. >> point of order. point of order has got to be recognized. >> not in the middle of -- >> yes it does. >> i moved to adjourn. >> motion is to adjourn. -- point of parliamentary

mr. cicilline: i rise in strong support of coastal and marine economies protection. mr. speaker -- protections act. mr. speaker, the expandable oil leasing would pose significant damages to our areas. coulding to ocean ana, it have untold effects on fish and fish fe, from decreasing stranded mammals. ocean industry such as fishing, recreation account for nearly $2 billion in annual economic activity and support 41,000 jobs. throughout new england, it accounts for more than $17 billion annually. cannot afford to risk the dangers posed to our oceans and coast by the dministration's misguided proposal to expand oil and gas drilling in the atlantic. by and t afford to sit watch the president planneder benefit of for the bill oil companies, harming communities. i was proud to introduce the new england coastal protections act prohibit drilling in outer continental shelf, which has support by every from new england. this will have a more cleaner, which stainable future protects our oceans and coastlines, stimulates innovation and spurs job growth. i strongly urge passage of thi

mr. cicilline, you're regular niced for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding the first hearing on assault weapons in 20 years. there is a reason assault weapons have become the weapon of choice for mass killers. they're weapons of war designed to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. to take the lives of nine people and injury 27 more people in less than a minute in dayton, ohio. just one day earlier a gunman legally purchased an ak-47 style and within minutes killed 22 people and injured 27 in a walmart in el paso. on july 28th, 2019, a gunman legally purchased an assault weapon weeks before killing three people and wounding 12 people at the gilroy garlic festival in california. despite the quick response times, 34 people were killed within a week's time and 60 more people injured. this does not even begin to account for the mental health consequences these shootings have on survivors and the impacted communities. i want to welcome all the wonderful advocates who are here. the family members who have lost loved

mr. richmond. mr. jeffries. mr. jeffries votes no. mr. cicilline? mr. cicilline votes no. mr. swallow. mr. swallow votes no. mr. lieu. mr. lieu votes no. mr. raskins. mr. raskins votes no. ms. deming? ms. deming votes no. mr. correia votes no. ms. garcia. ms. garcia votes no. mr. nagusse. he votes no. ms. stanton. ms. dean. ms. carswell powell. mr. collins. mr. collins votes aye. mr. sen sen brunner. mr. radcliffe is voting yes. mr. robey. mr. gates. mr. gates votes aye. mr. johnson of louisiana. mr. johnson of louisiana votes aye. mr. biggs. mr. biggs votes aye. mr. mcclinton. mr. mcclinton votes aye. ms.lessko votes aye. mr. reshenthaler voting aye. mr. armstrong votes yes. mr. stube votes yes. >> has everyone voted who wishes to vote? madam clerk? >> mr. buck you were not recorded. mr. buck votes yes. >> anybody else? the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there are 13 ayes and 19 noes. >> the gentleman is not recognized. >> i will be. >> the point of order is sustained. >> mr. chairman? >> i am very troubled that the white house counsel sitting behind you are preventing y

and i support your bill, mr. cicilline. thank you. i yield back my time. [applause] >> the gentlelady yields back. are there any further amendments? for what purpose has the gentleman from florida -- i yield. thatwant to make sure there is no more mischaracterization of what i had to say. for me to advocate for the death penalty for the guy that went to el paso and killed all those innocent victims is hardly dismissive. unfair. and you were not listening. to say any further would probably violate the rules of the quorum, and i am not going to do that. the people that commit violent crimes need to be punished, and i am someone who has punished them. especially when victims were women, and that may shock some people. but to say that we are dismissive of people who commit violent crimes is just not accurate. they need to be punished. that is why i want the el paso shooter that killed those innocent people to be punished under texas law and not because i am dismissive, but because they hate crime law passed here does not do as much as the texas state law does

. >> and this goes back to, i think what several people -- mr. cicilline, mr. ratcliffe were talking about. we said the amicus attorneys get all relevant legal information. i think some of us would be more -- i don't care if they have the top classified clearance that we exist in the world. but what would be the problem with having somebody in -- an amicus lawyer in all of these hearings at their onset? >> so, this is something that was considered back in 2015. our judgment at that time, and i think it remains our judgment today, is that would really slow down and bog down the process in the fisa court. if you had an amicus participating in every fisa application was an adversary proceeding -- certainly if we had that in title 3 context where we're doing ordinary criminal wiretaps, have an adversary proceeding would make the process untenable. >> thank you. and i don't necessarily see -- i think the oversight part of this that i would be looking at -- i mean, i don't want them to have all relevant information. i want them to have it all and be able to review it

>> well, i would first, for this body, the assault weapon ban bill that mr. cicilline put forward. that is thoughtful and should move forward. that bill would affect the dayton shooting, frankly. it would make a great difference so there won't be cities like dayton that experience this kind of trauma. >> i appreciate that. we hear people, especially in this committee, at times say even if it's wrong, we need to do something. and that's not the way you maintain a constitutional republic and you maintain any freedom if it's not very thoughtful. doctor, you were mentioning the wounds, the horrific wounds you were dealing with. you mentioned normally you are dealing with pencil hole entries that are sometimes hard to find. those pencil hole entries are normally made by a .223 caliber, barely a hair bigger than a .22. isn't that right? you were looking at more like a .308 because it was more similar to an ak-47 wound, correct? >> i don't know the types of weapons. >> nomenclature. >> to my understanding basically, the manufacturer of an ak-47 that is much, much bigger than the ar-15, wh

mr. sensenbrenner. >> thank you. entrepreneurship are the hallmarks of the american economy. this has been true in the past and remains true now in the digital age. today's hearing will focus primarily on the impacts, large or outlined platforms, have on innovation and entrepreneurship. this is a critical topic. i want to stress that we must take a fair and balanced approach to it. there are some who advocate that the biggest platform should just be broken up because they supposedly dominate too much of the market. that seems misguided for several reasons. first, just because a business is big doesn't mean that it is bad. antitrust laws focus on the conduct of companies and whether that conduct is anti-competitive. they do not exist to punish businesses just because they're big. likewise, the antitrust laws do not exist to punish success. on the contrary, they exist to foster it. most innovative, successful, and competitive companies often become very big. not through anti-competitive con

they didn'bring out any information and very little sound from mr. lewandowski on that, in fact, it wasa circus at the beginning of the hearing. later it calmed down, but here are a few examps of whai'm talking about. reihan representative david cicilline, also representative pramila jayapal. here cicilline is asl.ing why he didn't follow through on the president's order toalk to the attorney general. >> just to be clear, although you are not worng for the president in any capacity, you wanted to give the president the impression wow would follow his orders, correct? >> no. >> you said, "i'm going to take care of it." >> is that reference in the report >> did you tell the president you were going to deliver the message? >> i can't comment on private conversations. >> okay, sir, it's on paige -- >> i can read you the exact statement again if you'd like me. to the white house has directed i notos disany conversation with the -- ni you're not going to stonewall me and my quest. >> wouldyou like me to answer your question? >> you were dictated those note

they didn't bringout any information and very little sound from mr. lewandowski on that, in fact, it was a circus at the beginning of the hearing. later it calmed down, but here are a few examples of what i'mof talking about.re reihanresentative david cicilline, also representative pramila jayapal. here cicilline is asking why he didn't follow through on the president's order to talk tohe attorney general. >> just to be clear, although you are not working forthe president in any capacity, you wanted to give the president the impression wow would follow his orders, correct? >> no. >> you said, "i'm going to taket care o" >> is that reference in the report? >> did you tell the president you were going to deliver e message? >> i can't comment on private conversations. >> okay, sir, it's on paige -- >> i can read you the exact statement again if you'd like . to the white house has directed i notisclose anonversation with the -- >> you're not going to stonewall and my questioning. >> would you like me to answer your question? >> you werudictated those nos