[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. I want to speak about our immigration debate and my amendment in particular. But first let me say, you know, were going to find out just how serious our colleagues are about granting not just legal status to the dreamers, people who were brought here illegally when they were children and shouldnt be held accountable for that action, but the proposal that will be available for a vote later this week, will not just grant legal status but will grant a path to citizenship. It goes well beyond the Legal Executive order that president obama issued, and it will be available to far more people than those who took up president obamas ilLegal Executive order. It will be an extraordinary moment. I hope we are able to reach an agreement on this because i think
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 227. The nays 186. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. All opposed say no. The ayes have it. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 221. The nays are 190. The resolution is adopted. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The s
Coming up in the news hour ill see for that in twenty five minutes time that soft inside story which starts now. Spotting and stopping the fake News Facebook says its developed a tool to give users more context on what they read but admits its not always easy to flush out fiction from fact so how do we deal with this modern day reality of where does it leave social media this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program in doha im Adrian Finnegan fake news there is no doubt its become one of the key of twenty seventeen brought into the spotlight after the us president ial election last november it became clear that thousands of people were unintentionally sharing articles that were full of misinformation the resulting paranoia led people to accuse even once trusted sources including the New York Times of carrying fake news and social media is a core part of the problem facebook has finally decided to do something about it its testing a new feature called the i pad and when clicked it
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf twenty candidates are in the running to replace them those are the headlines coming up next on aljazeera its inside story to stay with us. News has never been more enviable but the message is as simplistic and misinformation is rife listening provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. Spotting and stopping the fake News Facebook says its developed a tool to give users more context on what they read but admits its not always easy to flush out fiction from fact so how do we deal with this modern day reality of where does it leave social media this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program in doha im Adrian Finnegan fake news there is no doubt its become one of the key terms of twenty seventeen brought into the spotlight after the us president ial election last november it became clear that thousands of people were unintentionally sharing articles that were full of misinformation the resulting paranoia led p