The gentleman from idaho, mr. Labrador, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lofgren, each will control 30 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from idaho. Mr. Labrador mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials to h. R. 3697. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Labrador mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 3697, the criminal alien gang member removal act. I introduced this bill with chairman goodlatte and representatives comstock and king for a very simple reason. The United States is facing an evergrowing danger from transnational gangs, and u. S. Immigration and enforcement, better known as i. C. E. , needs more tools to deal with this danger. The federal governments most important responsibility is the safety and security of the American People. However, were not fulfilling that responsibility when we allow gangs to illegally e
Captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org and a look right now on a beautiful fall evening in washington, d. C. , a sad day as the president said there. You see the flag at half staff that the president ordered. Waiting in just a moment from now, the house coming back here. Here they are. Live coverage on cspan. Er the. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 548, providing for cofferings the bill to amend title 18 United States code to protect paincapable unborn children and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. Votes listen taken in the following order. H. R. 1547 by the yeas and nays. And h. R. 965 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducte
In fact, every signatory of the nonproliferation treaty which is every country except five in the world right now except inspections. That is why we have international thank you for being here. We deeply appreciate our two distinguished witnesses here today to give us an inside look at the budget as it relates to africa and where the challenges are and where funding will potentially increase. As you know, the appropriations budget has passed the house and clearly it indicates there are some differences is opinion as to where we should be spending that money and we have come to a consensus, at least on the public inside of extraordinary programs like the emergency plans for aids relief, refugee programs and a whole lot of other programs that deal with Infectious Diseases, like. Ellipsis. They need to be funded in a very robust way in order to save lives and to mitigate dangers to women and children. We also have a strong commitment on this committee and from our leaders in the state dep
Former attorney general lynch with respect to former fbi director missouri decision to not prosecute former secretary clinton. I am in receipt of the departments letter from yesterday stating that senior prosecutors will review our letters and make recommendations as to whether any matter is not currently under investigation should be opened require further resources for merit the appointment of a special counsel. Do i have your assurance that these matters will proceed fairly and expeditiously smart. Yes, you can, mr. Chairman. You can be sure that they will be done without political influence in the be done correctly and properly. You also reference an ongoing Inspector General investigation into many of the matters we have raised. Will you ensure that the i g brisas committee on his findings in close session, if necessary. I will do my best to comply with that. The Inspector General is able to announce investigations in a way that we do not on a normal criminal side of the departmen
That one, the campaign had communications with the russians through mr. Pop dob luss. So lets papadopoulos. So lets try to correct the record. Yes or no, did you chair the march 31, 2016, meeting of the National Security Advisory Committee . Mr. Sessions yes. Mr. Nadler did mr. Papadopoulos made some r. Sessions i remember mr. Nadler yes or no. I dont have time. You shut george down when he proposed that meeting with putin, is this correct, yes or no . Mr. Sessions yes. I pushed back. I will say it that way. Mr. Nadler your answer is yes. So you were obviously concerned with mr. Papadopoulos connections and his possibly arranging a meeting with putin. Yes or no, did anyone else at that meeting, including thencandidate trump react in any way with what mr. Papadopoulos presented . Mr. Sessions i dont recall. Mr. Nadler your testimony is that they didnt express any meeting with the russian president or concerns of communications between the campaign and the russians . Mr. Sessions i dont