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yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 256, h.r. 2521, a bill to amend the farm security and agriculture act to include south carolina as part of the peanut producing region for purposes of appointment to the peanut standards board. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house splules and pass the bill will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: record as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection, the the motion to reconsider is lai
earlier today president trump met with business leaders and members of his cabinet to discuss tax reform. taking place at the white house this is 15 minutes. president trump: please sit down. really good group. thank you very much for being here. for the incredible work you re doing to help us pass the really historic tax cuts. there s never been anything like this in the history of our country. it s cuts and it s relief and it s also reform and frankly it s also simplification. so we re covering everything. there has never been anything like it and it s so important, the economy is doing very well. it can do much better. a lot of jobs are going to come from this and a lot of companies will start pouring book into the united states. we re going to be announcing one big one sometime very shortly. very big one coming back into the united states. all of you have done a tremendous job mobilizing your members, talking to members of congress which is very important and making a s
mr. graham: thank you all. the subcommittee will come to order. here s sort of the order of today. i ll make an opening statement. senator whitehouse, senator feinstein would like it make one. i think senator grassley comes, he ll certainly be allowed to do so. the title of this hearing is extremist content and russian disinformation online, working with tech to find solutions. that s exactly what we want to do. we re here to try to find solutions. let me describe, i think, the challenge. i doubt if i would be here if it weren t for social media, to be honest with you, president trump told fox news on october 20, 2017. so this is the president of the united states saying that from his point of view, social media was an invaluable tool to help him win an election. i would dare say that every politician up here today asking you questions uses your service and we find it invaluable to communicate with our constituents and get our message out. not only do we use it, not only does