for texas for the program the state of texas does not provide any funding for the uc program. its state portion is generated through public hospitals and other governmental organizations that have the ability to put up. in our case we put up 41 cents and we're able to draw down a dollar or 59 cents from the federal government on that. a lot of that funding has occurred through a model called a community benefit model where it becomes a partnership or it becomes a relationship between various private and public entities and in that case the private entities or the public entities because of that relationship are able to put up an igt. that particular arrangement has been in place for about ten years and it has been under fairly significant scrutiny for ten years. most recently, though, rose to another level where the arrangement in the dallas/fort worth area was disallowed and is now going through the appeals process. that occurred on september 1st. texas filed an appeal on october 28th and now they're waiting for a response from cms. that's a significant issue for the state be

the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess reserves, and the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized. mr. green: mr. speaker, we have no other speakers, and i'll reserve my time in case someone shows up. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield to the gentleman from georgia, a new member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. carter, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. carter: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1192, the national diabetes clinical care commission act, which establishes within the department of health and human services the national diabetes clinical care commission. the commission will look into dissemination of information and resources to clinicians on best practices for delivering high-quality care and how best to effectively deploy new and emerging treatments and technologies. as a pharmacist, i play an important role in diabetes care by scr

and a founder of the texas state conference of the naacp. and later the texas council voters. she was one of the four cochairs of the coalition. and he got up on stage and gave a thunderous address. in which he pointed out the demographics, much as people try to do today. saying how many at the time negro voters were in texas, how many latin american voters. a huge labor vote and a pack of a lot of white citizens. held them on election day and each of us will remember our governor. he talked about how connolly and made the various campaign promises but then hadn't followed through on them. he had set behind ideas of gradual or voluntary integration and he played into each of his various arguments. finally during concluded, the day is over when the governor can separate negroes except those few who are conservative and have gotten super rich. you see the conflicts at work. they will never separate the latin american and negroes again in politics. they will never separate the independent white man and negro again, never separate labor in the negro again, we're going to march on

it would put texas in a recession immediately, and it would frankly destroy laredo, texas. we would not exist without trade. >> reporter: with views like that, it might surprise you to learn that nixon was the texas finance chairman for the trump presidential campaign. >> nafta has been a terrible deal, a total disaster for the united states from its inception. >> reporter: nixon has tried to tell mr. trump, in his opinion, why rolling back nafta could do more harm than good. >> my message to the trump administration is... i've been saying all along is, reach out to people who really live and understand the complications of trade and how they affect the lives of everyday americans and what it does to our nation and our economy. this has to have a holistic process to it, the old story "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." many people would argue that this trade agreement is not broken. i'm one of those. >> reporter: congressman will hurd's district, stretching from san antonio to el paso, covers 820 miles of the u.s./mexico border, more than any other district in the nation. hu

, i got elected to the texas supreme court the same year. and then rick assumed the office of governor of the state of texas becoming, as noted, the longest serving governor in our state, serving in public office alongside someone that long gives you a chance to assess their character and abilities. i'm here to say i know governor perry to be a tremendous leader of the highest caliber and dedicated public servant committed to working on behalf of the people of texas and now on behalf of the nation. rick perry is not a status quo kind of guy. he's a leader, he's an innovator. texans are by nature practical people looking for solutions to problems. rick has led in that spirit. i believe the results in our state speak for themselves. we've been blessed by the leadership of governor perry. during his tenure, the state thri thrived, even as much as the rest of the country languished. texas not only added almost 2 million jobs during his time in office but was responsible for the lion's share of all job growth across the nation from 2007 to 2014.

rick was going back to texas. i said do you think the hurricane, what have you heard, is it going to affect a? he said i just talked with people in texas and we think were going to be spared. we witnessed by this hurricane. it was a blessing. lo and behold within the next week, did rick ever have a wide awakening because then with the devastation that hit over a quarter of 1 million people i think moved in immediately to texas. texas got overwhelmed at that time and they didn't have the support. we are waiting for someone to kind of directors. as governors we took her own and just you. we are all commanders in chief of our national guard and i said rick, what can we do? he said i need some help. we sent c-130s. we sent over 1200 soldiers to help him to move in supplies, to a fema moving supplies, to help move people out because they had nowhere to go. we move them into west virginia. it was a collaboration of how government should work and how we all should be working together. so i watched him under that, and rea

of texas at austin, and dr. katherine heho from texas tech university. they had a unified voice on the dangers of climate change. dr. heho said texans are seeing changes all around them. quote, we get hit by drought, we get hit by heat, we get hit by storms, we get hit by sea level rise, and we're starting to see those impacts today. texas is really at the forefront of this problem, she said. dr. anderson of rice agreed that the texas climate is already changing. he said accelerated sea level rise is real, not a prediction. its causes are known. thermal expansion of the oceans and melting of glaciers and ice sheets. and it is causing unprecedented change along the texas coast -- end quote. dr. dessler from texas a&m laid out what he called -- quote -- the fundamental and rock-solid aspects of climate science. humans are loading the atmosphere with carbon. this is warming the climate, and this future warming is a huge risk to our society and the environment. we should insist, he said, that our elected representat

for texas families. he did not fall into that trap when we talk about energy. he found a way to spur innovation without stifling existing technology in reducing the state carbon footprint as well. those guiding principles are smart regulation regulation, encouraging innovation and creating a climate that grows every aspect and continues to serve the state well. fifteen have no doubt will put forward to spawn the next great era of american energy. he has a track record and the know-how to export to enhance security of friends and allies abroad. feel simply the right man for the job and it is an honor to support his nomination to be the third texan to head the department of energy for. >> the ranking member and mcauliffe and governor perry and his love life and their daughter and extended family . i know you might think it is interesting i am sitting here for the of laugh to fly a former wife a will forward a friendship i'd like any other official we travel, we work together and have the same problem educa

right now what the court in texas has shown is that texas is not implementing voter id in a free and fair way. as regards to the investigation, because the evidence is overwhelming to show that voter id and -- voter impersonation rather is not happening, it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. trump torge president focus on issues that we do have at the ballot box. we have registration issues. we have outdated machines in many jurisdictions across the country, including texas. those are the kinds of issues we need to concern ourselves with. if we fix them, it can make elections more efficient and effective. i would urge you and other voters to push mr. trump to look at waste is an money more cost effectively to make our democracy stronger and make our election system more efficient and effective. >> go to frank in nashville, tennessee next. k: how much money would it cost to have a federal government check into voter fraud? in regards wondering to absentee voting, how does that work? are the discrepancies or fraud in that? >> thank you, frank. >> thank you. early estimates of what it woul

this is texas, we know better, good luck. i didn't like that very much and i said to her, you don't know me. but i will be back like arnold's fortune maker, and i walked out. but i still wasn't sure i was was going to be able to walk this man out. and then i remember a phone call he kept telling me i made that phone call from his house so i subpoenaed the phone company and they said we don't have it. i subpoenaed the cop know, the da, no they don't have it. i was at the brink of depression, so angry and sad. i would go and see him and i would be crying and cursing. and i base and i can't find that phone record. and he would tell me, it's okay. i believe in you. thank you for standing up for me. like that guy with the bike. a man in solitary confinement, a man who can touch his cell from here to here gave me peace. give me grace, the first word of the book. i would feel encouraged when i left there and i may have 2013, i received, i received an e-mail from the da to the judge in one of my former colleagues and said the followi

but he is tremendously popular in his own backyard of west texas. it worked out for me but i am honored to serve with them and those u-shaped my career. >> what are your aspirations year washington quick. >> make a difference safer and stronger and more prosperous so my kids have an opportunity. when you take the pledge for this? i say my pledges to a pulled the constitution to live as best i can to my christian principles and my pledges to make decisions to make this country strong perform my children. >> will your family be joining you out here? >> ahab the young family that takes half a day to get back so while i will spend a lot of time in the district ado want to be unencumbered without responsibilities when i can go home to read them the story so we will try to make it as normal as possible in the understand we will make sacrifices but we are willing to make sacrifices to do this job by not willing to sacrifice my family for this job so we will find balance and it will take time to find the rhythm but i am so excited. since i was 16 and wanted

frank is next on their public in line from texas. good morning. -- on the republican line from texas. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. hillary, if you are so concerned with floating and that everything is done right, i don't understand why cannot state ofd that in the texas, and that is where i live, so the only per second speed about, you have to have identification to get on the affordable care act, to get medicaid, to get a drivers license, to get insurance, why is it when it only comes to the boat, that the democrats are afraid that somehow, voting rights would be suppressed? i just do not understand that. if you're really concerned, let's do it thorough investigation. let's don't just have some people picking and choosing because of the side they are on, whether democrat or republican. let's really do an investigation once and for all. that way, it there is no voter suppression, if there is no illegal voting, then we will know it and we can move on. thank you. host: thank you, frank. guest: i app

truman needed texas to win the white house. he campaigned very well in texas and throughout the country. sam rayburn said he was one of the folks very good from the back platform, a crowd of 10,000 people showed up to greet truman at the train station at 6:50 in the morning, and the high point was a breakfast garner have for truman served on the back porch of garner's home and the crowd cheered. they could not care so much about truman's civil rights agenda, but a friend of john garner and that is all that mattered to them and he did indeed carry texas. truman came back to visit garner one more time in 1958 for a celebration of garner's 90th birthday. truman's airplane was delayed with mechanical problems in dallas so he did not get there until late in the evening passed garner's bed time of 8:00, so they agreed to talk the next morning after agreeing that they were a sight for sore eyes. i think that sums up nicely the garner-truman relationship and i will turn it over to my wiser and more learned colleagues. [applause] >> you

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that method was abolished in texas. [applause] i like to say the best day of my life is when i married my wife. i say that when she's here and when she's not here. two, three, four, the birth of my kids, when the mets won the world series. [applause] number six after that not only did i know that he is free with future defendant to be treated more fairly. another aspect is troubling he's got some intellectual disabilities and in this country executed them a pretty straightforward quality expert in this case hired by the state gave alfred dewayne brown an extra four points for his iq and said he was stressed out at the time of testing. i am not a doctor and i'm barely smart enough to be a lawyer and i will tell you you can't give somebody for planes on their iq because they are stressed out. they all said that this wasn't cool and that doctor was fined $5,000 can't do that through evaluations anymore. [applause] so the judge granted a sentencing phase. his girlfriend was impossible to find. she was the critical witness a

there is certainly a lot of it in wyoming and a lot in texas. since 2010 the departments permitting process for lng exports has been i would say and predict their bowl. last congress some of us on this committee in a bipartisan way including legislation to expedite the departments permitting process. this committee, the entire senate to pass their legislation with overwhelming bipartisan support to. the house passed a nearly identical piece of legislation again with bipartisan support. so if confirmed we commit to acting on the pending lng export applications because they are all piled up there and do it in a timely manner? >> senator i will follow the laws. i will follow the clear instruction that i see as congress goes forward. obviously working with the administration. my understanding from having conversations with president-elect trump is that he truly is in all of the above supporter of american energy and to support, develop and promote that energy resource liquefied natural gas being one of those. >> we are going to reintroduce the legis

and i did that in texas, as well, for gubernatorial appointments. the difference is there is not a cabinet form of executive government there, so they were bored and commission members, volunteers citizens doing part-time governance as opposed to part-time people like assistant secretaries and under secretaries for this, that, and the other. >> to the former president give you any advice on how to win the seat he lost? rep. arrington: his best advice was leading by example and what it did to impress upon me how one should lead, how one should govern, how one should approach public office. i think he had tremendous regard for the office of the presidency. so i look at it with great esteem. i think it was his dad who said that public office is a noble calling and public service is a noble calling. so i think that was his greatest contribution to me. and the fact that he supported me financially, he and mrs. bush, it meant a whole lot to me. because i don't think he really does endorsements, but we certainly considered that one. he is very popular, and

he is founder of a texas state conference of the naacp. later that texas council he is one of the four cochairs of the democratic coalition. he got up on stage and gave an address. much like people try to do today saying how many at the time negro voters were in texas and how many latin american voters. a huge labor vote and other independent white citizens. tell them on election day that when they come around each of us will remember governor. he talked about how they make campaign promises but then had not followed through on them. he had hidden behind ideas of gradual or voluntary immigration and he laid into each of the various arguments. finally he concluded it's over when the governor can separate negroes except those few are conservators and have gone super rich. they'll never separate the latin america again in politics he said. they'll never separate though were unified at the battle box and in the courts. and i believe that's less message i got for my governor. and someone someone gets up and gives a speech. it becomes this broad

el gobernador del estado de texas amenazÓ con cortar fondos. pedro: los espacios de la universidad de texas, san antonio, se podrÍan convertir oficialmente santuario para estudiantes indocumentados. tres profesora catherine nollan hizo una peticiÓn con algunos estudiantes. >> creo que es una muy buena idea por si los estudiantes cuando donald trump venga no saque todos los estudios que han hecho. el presidente de la universidad dijo en un comunicado: de acuerdo con la ley de derechos como la universidad no divulga informaciÓn personal, lo cual podrÍa ser utilizado por agencias federales para identificarlos y que enfrenten escenas de deportaciÓn y daca se termina. " Éste fue un anuncio pÚblico y obviamente creo lo que estÁ diciendo y en su palabra". segÚn la profesora, se estÁn sosteniendo reuniones para desempeÑar un ambiente seguro para la instituciÓn. en pocas semanas podrÍa anunciarse un mecanismo de protecciÓn. pienso que es muy bueno. por ahora, las autoridades han expresado su esperanza en que los lÍderes políticos reconoz

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the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: if i could ask how much time remains on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has 12 1/2 minutes remaining this gentlelady from new york has 24 minutes remaining. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time is reserved. the gentlelady from new york. . ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady. again, i want to thank the gentleman from texas for being generous with his time. mr. speaker, i'meepl d concerned by a number of controversial provisions included by the majority in the rules they have proposed for the 115th congress. first, reinstating the rule would make it easier for the majority to circumvent the current legislative process in order to fire or cut the pay of federal employees. it undermines civil service protections. it goes back to the 19th century.

and a direct hit in houston, texas. where kevin masterson says lightning caused a fire in his house while he was still inside. >> you could tell it was bad very quickly, that we had to get out. >> reporter: further north across the great plains, another severe system dumping snow and ice. [000:06:58;00] keeping up with the slick roads. typical weather this time of year for the dakotas and minnesota. in the pacific northwest, seattle saw its first substantial snow on new year's in five decades. >> millions will be affected by severe storms. there could be isolated tornados, torrential downpours, and this whole system moves into the mid-atlantic by tomorrow. >> reporter: from the west to the deep south, a not so warm welcome to 2017. jacob rascon, nbc news, dallas. >>> there are new details now about that midair crash between two private planes over texas on new year's eve. three people on board the planes were killed, including a retired air force pilot and his son, an air force academy student. nbc's tom costello crunch

al green of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 40, the gentleman from texas, mr. al green and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. and the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. green: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i think it appropriate to point out what the style of this bill is. the words on the actual bill say. because there seems to be some confusion with my colleagues on the other side as to whether or not this is a mom and pop bill. the bill itself says to improve, this is a bill to improve the consideration by the securities and exchange commission of the osts and benefits of its regulating and orders. the securities and exchange commission deals with wall street. deals with mega businesses. this is not about a mom and pop store. this is not about the small business in the neighborhood. his is about mega businesses desiring to have access to markets without the regulations necessary to protect investors. this bill, if it passes, will place the s.e.c. in a mission impossible position, because it will be impossible for the s.e.c

austin, texas, saw good-sized protests today. there were protests at the state capital building in tennessee, kansas city, missouri. there were big protests today in boston, massachusetts. also a number of different protest site today in philadelphia, in los angeles today and tonight there were protests that resulted in dozens of arrests. and here i will stop talking for a second so you can hear my favorite moment from the chicago protest today which is when the brass band at the protest started playing the darth vader theme. ♪ that was chicago today, one of the cities that saw protest around the country today. and, again, a very large protest is expected tomorrow in washington, d.c., possibly the largest counterinaugural protest ever. it's the women's march. it's not all women but it will be substantially women. they've had more than 200,000 rsvps. there were be hundreds of other coordinated marches around the country in alliance with the women's march tomorrow in d.c. in d.c. today the protests were surprisingly big and at ti

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austin, texas, saw good-sized protests today. there were protests at the state capital building in tennessee, kansas city, missouri. there were big protests today in boston, massachusetts. also a number of different protest site today in philadelphia, in los angeles today and tonight there were protests that resulted in dozens of arrests. and herely stop talking for a second so you can hear my favorite moment from the chicago protest today which is when the brass band at the protest started playing the darth vader theme. [ ♪ that was chicago today, one of the cities that saw protest around the country today. and, again, a very large protest is expected tomorrow in washington, d.c., possibly the largest counterinaugural protest ever. it's the women's march. it's not all women but it will be substantially women. they've had more than 200,000 rsvps. there were be hundreds of other coordinated marges around the country in alliance with the women's march tomorrow in d.c. in d.c. today the protests were surprisingly big and at times

the spanish people here in texas is taking over. that is-- host: rodney's viewpoint in texas. we will talk about the hiring freeze and get a take on the hiring of border agents. we are going to talk with david coxe. that discussion coming up. here are viewpoints on immigration, what the president did yesterday. .yattsville, maryland you oppose what the president is doing, why? caller: thank you for taking my call. i think this is a smokescreen. built,ll that is being who is going to build it? how many companies belonging to donald trump will be building the wall? i think he is making money off the country. -- company was going bankrupt until he ran for resident. -- ran for president. i believe trump tower was losing money. all the rich billionaires he has hired, i don't so much oppose patrols. the border this wall, who is going to build it? when are we going to see his taxes? host: in his very first interview since being sworn in, about the wall and who will be paying for it? >> ultimately, it will come out of what is happening with mexico . we will be starting those negotiati

representative sheila jackson lee, 18th district of texas. recenti ti reptivity elijah cummings, and danny k. davis, 7th district of illinois. representative gregory w. meeks, fifth district of new york. representative barbara lee, 13th district of california. representative lacy clay, first district of mysterious. representative david scott, 13th district of georgia. representative emanuel cleaver the second. fifth district, mysterious. representative al green, ninth district, district of texas. representative gwen s. moore, fourth district of wisconsin, whip, congressional black caucus.

go to death row north of houston, in texas. met alfred duane brown and i knew this map was innocent. like a shot to my heart. it's like when you meet your wife for the time you hold you're child the first line, and i walked out and threw upping right next to rental car. this was not brooklyn, this wasn't a bike. this was texas, and i flew out of houston and good some of the discussing airport chinese food that makes you sick and i got a tour that said you love challenge. here you go c-span, and assad, really errings is this challenge? when he book dame out within back to hewitt houston for the public release and i went back to the chinese place looking for closure from the fortune cookie inch movie yes, where bradley cooper plays me he gets a fortune that says you did good, awesome, justice its served. good job. mine said, pandas are cute. and a fact to who no one can deny but that wasn't exactly at the closure loop i was hoping for so here's the case. a very high profile double-murder in south houston. a botched robbery at a c

and mexico is president trump's plan to build a wall, this is the texas tribune and a poll of the texas delegation, texans in congress offer scant support for full border wall, none of the 38 texans in congress offer a full throated endorsement of a wall, a position popular with donald trump supporters according to a texas tribune survey. ,e will have mike pence shortly the vice president and theresa may, the british prime minister but up next we show you the news conference with house speaker paul ryan from earlier today joined by the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell who were asked about the border plans and we will show you as much as we can until the speeches get underway in philadelphia.

ron paul of the state of texas has received one vote. bernie sanders of the state of vermont has received one vote. faith spotted eagle of the state of south dakota has received one vote. the state of the vote for vice president of the united states as delivered to the president of the senate is as follows -- the whole number of the electors appointed to vote for vice president of the united states is 538 of which 270 is the majority. michael r. pence of the state of indiana has received for vice president of the united states 305 votes. tim kaine of the commonwealth of -- tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia has received 227 -- there will be order. the sergeant at arms will the sergeant at arms will remove persons in the gallery. the house will be in order. commonwealth of virginia has 227 votes. elizabeth warren of the commonwealth of massachusetts has received two. maria cantwell of the state of washington has received one. susan collins of the state of maine has received one. carley fiorina of the commonwealth of virginia has re

, -- in fworts, texas, where i live -- in forth, texas, where i live -- in fort texas, where i live. it was about jews in baseball. it featured hank greenberg and joe dimaggio. it talked about how while joe dimaggio was fighting for our country in world war ii, the united states government listed his parents as enemy aliens. and to think about that we revisit that sort of sad chapter in our history, where individuals were treated that way in our country, i think that it's -- it's very sad, mr. speaker. we have a lot of members that ould like to express their discontent at what happened and i'm going to ask our chair, mr. cedric richmond from the state of louisiana, to come and address us because what we have to talk about tonight is very serious. -- richmond: mr. chairman mr. richmond: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, congressman veasey for the work that you d representing fort worth, texas. let me just say, mr. speaker, that it is a privilege and honor to be the chairman of the congressional black caucus, we represent 80 million americans, 17 million of which are african-american

representative al green, ninth district of texas.

wh would that do for the state of texas? >> well, i think it would obviously hurt the economy in some ways but when you talk about politics it would further deepen the schism that we're seeing between parts of the republican party in texas and the business community. the business community in texas, at least certain corners of it, have been alarmed by donald trump's proposals when it comes to trade. the texas association to business put out a statement making clear they believe this proposed import tax would hurt the texas economy so i think you would see a further distancing in the political realm between hearts of the republican party that have been pro-business and the business community in texas. >> patrick svitek, the texas tribune, thank you very much, appreciate it. >>> still to come, president trump has signed a flurry of executive orders since his first day in office but there are new questions if they were proproperly vetted to make sure they are even legal. plus tonight's thing 1 thing 2. i say this every night bu

del centro de derechos civiles del sur de texas "en las dos exttracciones que han hecho han llegado a dos cajones donde hay restos." antropologos comentan que avecces encuentran restos de inmigrantes indocumentados en bolsas o cartones de leche, por lo que escarvan con suma precaucion para no daÑar pistas que llevan a su identificacion sot dr. kate spradley / profesora de antropologa de la universidad texas state"they need to be cleaned up so we can look at the sketeleton and generate what we call a biological profile. we will estimate how old they were, if they were male or female, how tall they were. what part of the world they come from."los cuerpos necesitarn ser limpiados para examinar el llamamos un perfl biolgico para calcularudad, sexo, estatura y nacionalidad. el ano 2012120 cuerpose en inmiantes indocumtados fuon encontras a lo largdel cons restos duno de ellos ta sot eduardo canales / dir. del centro de derechos civiles del sur de texas "aca ya esta abierto el cajon y estaba la bolsa que tiene restos" este trabajo es posible por medio de las habilidades especificas que han

. >> the gentlewoman from texas, miss jackson lee. >> thank you. i'll now read from article 1, section 2. the house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states and the electors in each state shall have the qualification, requisite of electors of the state legislature. >> the gentleman from maine, mr. poliqin. >> no person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of 25 years and been seven years a citizen of the united states and shall snot be an inhabitant of the state which he a shall be chosen. the numeration shall be made after the first meeting of the congress of the united states and within every subsequent term of ten years in such manner as they shall by law direct. >> the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walls. >> the number of representative shall not exceed one for every 30,000. and until such enumeration shall be made massachusetts 8, rhode island and providence plantations 1, connecticut 5, new york 6, new jersey 4, pennsylvania 8, delaware 1, maryland 6,

conaway of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution, the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. conaway: the amendment offered today will clarify amendments made to the commodities exchange act by dodd-frank and require the cftc to actually determine the position limits will help reduce excessive speculation before they implement those new rules. this past fall my colleagues and i -- all ran for re-election promising to reduce government regulation and eliminate rules that needlessly burden the economy. as we consider the ongoing work, we should look no further than the position rule making to begin that task. position limits are a tool that have merit and purpose in regulating commodities market. today designated contract markets core principal 5 requires every u.s. exchange to impose as is necessary and appropriate position limits or accountable levels on the contracts they offer. further, there are several agriculture contracts that have long established and well

but it sort of had to be given what texas did. after the voting rights was gutting by the conservative majority on the supreme court, texas put in place a new voting restriction in that state and the legislature knew that new law would disproportionately keep black and hispanic texan from voting. black and hispanic texans that were legally able to vote but wouldn't be able to because of the new restrictions the legislature was putting in place and the legislature knew that when they were putting the new law in place and a federal judge in texas nailed them for that. did an absolutely comprehensive review of the creation of that law and the testimony the legislators heard and what they studied and what they knew before they passed that law and going through that legislative record the trial judge in texas, federal judge absolutely nailed them for how deliberately racist that voter i.d. law was. this was the strictest voter i.d. law in the country. and the federal justice department sued texas to stop it. and the judge in that case

in abilene, texas. i appreciate so much the love and support they've given me in my past endeavors but most particularly that they'd come all the way up from texas to be with me today. good morning, chairman corker and others. i'm honored to have the backing of senator cornyn, senator cruz from my home state of texas. i do want to thank senator nunn for his commitment to nuclear nonproliferation, something he remains as steadfast today as ever. and as secretary gates for his service to eight u.s. presidents and his own leadership as president of the boy scouts of america. chairman corker, ranking member cardin and members of the committee, it's an honor to appear before you today as president-elect trump's nominee for secretary of state. and seek the apruprove alf this committee and the full senate for my confirmation. i come before you at a piv ol time in the history of our nation and our world. everywhere we look, people and nations are deeply unsettled. old ideas and international norms which were we

the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. hunter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hunter: i rise in strong support of s. 84. here's what i think this is about. we feel slighted. we in congress feel slighted that the trump administration did not dane to have general mattis come and speak to us, the house, which is not required by any law or any statute. we feel slighted. i would feel -- i do feel the same way the ranking member feels in terms of what the administration, how they're treating the house of representatives and this body. but it's times like this where we need to rise above the slights from this trump administration. the future trump administration. i think there's going to be a few more. i think the -- this future administration does not hold this body in the highest regard. that's going to become evident over the next four years. and i think we're going to have to take things like this as a body and do what's best for

the gentleman rom texas, mr. farenthold. texas, mr. n from flores. texas, mr. flores. mr. flores: no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from california, mr. vargas. mr. vargas: no preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another, nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from iowa, mr. king. mr. king: no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. mr. scott: no title of nobility shall be granted by the united states, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of

the gentleman rom texas, mr. farenthold. texas, mr. n from flores. texas, mr. flores. mr. flores: no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from california, mr. vargas. mr. vargas: no preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another, nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from iowa, mr. king. mr. king: no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. mr. scott: no title of nobility shall be granted by the united states, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of

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