mr. sherman. mr. sherman: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the chairman emeritus of this committee, the gentlelady from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, who chairs the foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and north africa, and has authored previous legislation to address the north korean threat. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. chairman. thank you to our ranking member as well. i commend the commitment that chairman royce and ranking member engel have shown in holding north korea accountable for its elicit activity. and it's a long list, mr. speaker. but i want to also commend my good friend and colleague, congressman joe wilson, for authoring this important measure, house resolution 92, condemning north korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, icbm's. recently north korea has made the calculation t

mr. seruman: he's -- mr. sherman: he's governing like goldman sachs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. messer, for five minutes. mr. messer: thank you, mr. speaker. for generations, our nation has celebrated the american dream. i call it the american promise, the simple idea that if you work hard you will be rewarded. the american promise means that if you show up for work every morning and play by the rules, you'll be able to take care of your family and over time your life will improve. unfortunately for many americans, that promise no longer rings true today. before the election of donald trump, more than 50% of americans saw our economic nditions worsening, and 50 than 50% of americans saw our economic conditions worsening, and 50% of any lynnials think the american dream is dead. when it comes to economic security for low and middle-income workers we flatline, paychecks are frozen and american families are having a harder, harder time making ends meet. as an uncle of mine used

mr. sherman: you understand the socio-utility of being done as expeditiously as you can be? mr. cordray: i always do and i'm sometimes disappointed at how slowly the federal government works even though i'm trying to be there and make it work faster, yes. mr. sherman: we have these pace loans which are home improvement loans for alternate energy but they are structure part of the property tax bill. are you sure your agency -- they are basically home improvement loans can't expert jurisdiction in thisaire? mr. cordray: it's a pretty complicated subject is what i have learned because in the states where those exist typically the state legislature has passed state laws that provide for priority leans -- liens which involves the government in both the making and collection of those loans and that's a very significant complicating factor for us. it's something that we have a team of people looking at and trying to work through we're hearing now about it to be concerned. mr. sherman: i would hope your legal staff would work with us. i hope this is an area -- home improvement loans is

sherman. mr. sherman: mr. cordray, thank you for your service. i want associate myself with the ranking member's praise of you. except for the part, perhaps, where she posited the possibility that donald trump would appoint you for another term. nothing other than that could diminish the high esteem that i have for you. we have up behind you on the board the trade deficit statistics. i know that we didn't have quite as big trade deficit last month as expected but that was a quirk because of the chinese new year and some interruption in shipments. mr. cordray, we have the know before you owe mortgage disclosures that resulted in transparency for consumers, better accountability, financial institution but ongoing compliance issues remain costing time and money for consumers and for the industry. when will the latest proposed rule be finalized, and do you plan to issue any additional guidance clarifying this rule that could be relied upon the industry as implementation continues? mr. cordray: it's apparently not appropriate for us to comment on timi

. >> and again, we expect to see mr. spicer any moment now. meanwhile, we have two nbc reporters, kristen welker and kasie hunt for analysis and politico's jake sherman, financial times jillian tett, michael steele and the former fbi double agent and he is also author of the memoir "how to catch a russian spy." kristen, let me start with you in the white house briefing room, again we are expecting sean spicer will get a handful of questions about this today, we learned about this new investigation into michael flynn just a few hours ago, we also learned that flynn was warned about all of this well in advance of accepting the money. what's he being accused of again and why are democrats accusing this white house of covering up for him? >> so just to recap, michael flynn is accused of failing to seek permission to receive money from officials related to connections with foreign entities, foreign

i'm going to continue reading from "the wall street journal" report saying a final decision on mr. o'reilly's fate could come as early as the next several days, the people said. we have other reports tonight, one from new york magazine's gabe sherman saying three sources with knowledge of the discussions said that while no final decision has been made, the murdochs are leaning toward announcing that o'reilly will not return to the air. sons james and lochlin have been arguing that o'reilly needs to go, though their father rupert has disagreed. they'll hold a board meeting on thursday. one of the sources said o'reilly will be a primary topic. nbc news has not confirmed that cnn reporting. this comes as yet another woman today alleged that bill o'reilly sexually harassed her. here's what her lawyer lisa bloom told msnbc's chris hayes. >> she alleges she was a clerical worker at fox news in 2008. she did not work directly for bill o'reilly but for a different broadcaster who she said was a great boss. but bill o'reilly would come by her desk on a regular basis and make offensive comme

mr. dion, start with you sir, and ask about this health care development if you will. there continues to be talk at this point, that's all there is according to jake sherman at politico, talk of a possible compromise, no vote has been scheduled just yet. politico reporting that text of a new bill likely to be circulated by the weekend. what's your sense, ej? do republicans have something that they can move forward on? >> i'll believe it when i see it, and i'm not 100% sure we'll see it. i mean here is their core problem. if you looked at the votes they were missing the last time, a little less than half of them came from the freedom caucus, the folks on the right, and a little more than half of the missing votes came from whatever you want to call them center right, moderate, people from districts that hillary clinton carried. their concerns are exactly the opposite of each other, that if you want to pick up more conservatives, they want broadly speaking, a less generous bill, spends less money, covers fewer people, the moderates who are opposed to it because they were

gabe sherman will join me in a moment. now, this all follows closely on the heels of that explosive "new york times" story about the five different women who settled lawsuits with either mr. o'reilly or fox news channel for alleged behavior by o'reilly ranging from verbal abuse to unwanted advances. 21st century fox and bill o'reilly have issued statements denying the merits of those claims. those five instances of course do not include ongoing litigation by former fox news host andrea tantaros against both o'reilly and roger ailes, who was fired, you'll remember, for his own massive sexual harassment scandal last summer. wendy walsh, a regular guest on the o'reilly factor, and who recently launched a formal complaint against o'reilly, is the focus of the current investigation by the law firm hired by fox news. walsh is not pursuing litigation at this time. in the past ten days, advertisers amidst all this news have been deserting the o'reilly factor at an astonishing rate. the o'reilly factor's paid national advertising h

mr. joseph of hudson, ohio. 100 years old. served during world war ii. thank you for your service. >> happy 105th birthday to opal jacobs of sherman, opal loves to make folks laugh and has a terrific sense of humor. >> wilma spent a lot of time buying and selling early american treasures for her clients. >> unis of south carolina, also celebrating 100 years. you're most likely to find her in the produce aisle at the grocery store. she loves shopping for fruits and vegetables. and a happy 110th birthday, man, to helen graham turner of linwood, new jersey. she says the secret to longevity? have fun every single day. >> that's amazing. that's got to be one of the most accomplished birthdays we've ever had. >> i don't recall having a 110th birthday. >> impressive. >> next hour? >> james spader. i just saw the season premier of the blacklist. unbelievable. and bill nye the science guy will be with us. he has a new series on netflix. >> all right, al, thank you. we have a lot more ahead on a tuesday morning. first let's take a look at your local news and weath

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