the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. mr. scott: thank you very much. welcome, mr. secretary. mr. secretary, the people of this nation are very worried. they're very concerned about this trade war. make no mistake about it, both democrats and republicans are very much worried about it. now, i want to -- i really want you to listen very carefully to me because nobody -- there is no state that could be so devastating impacted on this than my beloved state of georgia. let me explain to you how. let's take the fact that poultry, for example. georgia is the leading producer of poultry in the world. nd according to our national chicken council and leading chicken producers like tyson's food, they've informed me that in 2014, for example, u.s. chicken exports to mexico, one of our most important markets .lone, totaled $800 million ut during the same period, mr. secretary, brazil, brazil's exports went up from $50 million to $200 million. if we continue to put up these trade barriers in mexico, it is clear as a bell to anybody looking at this that they will tak

foxx and mr. scott of virginia. from the committee on energy and commerce for consideration of 1096, 701, 712, 1083, 3135 and 31 2 and 5802 and 5709 of the senate amendment committed to conference. from the committee on financial services for consideration of 12990-2 and 123 of the house bill and modifications committed to conference, mr. hensarling, barr and max yeen waters of california. from the committee on foreign affairs for consideration of ctions 346, 1042, 1202-06, , 1231, 1234, 30 1267, 1268,6, 1264, 1282, 1288, 1299, -1, 12990-3. 1522 and 3116 of the house bill. 1211, 1, 1201, 1207, 12 4, 1245, 1, 1301, 1531, 1622, 1623, 1654. 04. , 3116, 62 702 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference mr. royce of california, mr. mast and engel. on the committee of homeland security for consideration of 1634 of the house bill and modifications committed to conference mr. mccaul, ratcliffe and thompson of mississippi. from the committee on judiciary for section of 826, 104 , 1085, 1090, 1079, 1299

mr. scott: mr. speaker, unfortunately by refusing to allow this amendment to come to the floor, the majority has denied members the opportunity to have an important debate on this issue. rather than avoiding the issue, the majority should be standing up for a just and impartial review process. rather than refusing a vote on this amendment, the majority should be joining us in holding the administration to account. mr. speaker, i'm disappointed by the majority's opposition to considering this issue that effects so many constituents across the country. i therefore urge members to oppose the rule. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, the majority has filled the financial services appropriations bill with anti-home rule riders, not

mr. scott: sorry, we ran out of two minutes there. but this is very important. because when you're making changes, you want to make clear that you're not taking away any important and critical oversight and authority from the s.e.c. so i want to make a point that we work hard to make sure that the s.e.c. retains oversight of important exchange functions such as those represented to exchange market data, listing standards, market regulation, co-location and order routing services. very important. and we, the drafters of the bill, do not take away any authority from the s.e.c. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, now i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlelady from missouri, the chair of our oversight and investigations subcommittee, mrs. wagner, also the lead sponsor of an important provision in this package of bills, h.r. 5970, the modernizing disclosure for investors act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for one minute. mrs. wagner: t

i had heard his name maybe i'll go maybe i won't but i read the paper the next morning and mr. scott was a no-show for the debate i thought he has no chance he can't even show up for the debate but then we found out why he was running for the house of representatives the max that worked out just fine. >> did you have a runoff? >> i did. >> you were one-on-one? >> there were five people in the race initially anna congressman and myself. >> that is one of the reasons why for the runoff. and paul did a great job and to be on my a game. almost award to appreciate and respect the guy on the other side and for paul to be as complementary and still remain somewhat friends. >> and you mentioned what a great state it is to represent but for those who don't make mom -- don't know south carolina more industrial manufacturing it is a great state. but you both want the general elections in july. washington both have mr. smith go to washington feeling. so i know that i had to be chaotic. so tell us about that experienc experience. start us off. >> i had no legislative branch experience. and

scott, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. . mr. scott: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise as a member on the committee on education and the work force in support of h.r. 2363, the strengthening c.t.e. for the 1st century act to re-authorize the perkins and career and technical education program, c.t.e. program. mr. speaker, the house-passed c.t.e. re-authorization in the last congress and again last year. the senate made minor changes to the bill and now we're on the verge of final passage today. in passing the bill, we will be updating the federal investment in dr. t.e. to provide increased state flexibility while ensuring greater accountability for program quality. h.r. 235 will also require a more inclusive collaboration between educational institutions, industry, employers, and community partners. today c.t.e. will not be the vocational education of the past. workers rarely hold the same job for 40 years. workers often have several jobs throughout their careers which is why modern c.t.e. programs must help ensure that s

mr. bercow: mr. mann. mr. scott mann. mr. mann: wait for a bus question then seven come at once. [laughter] mr. mann: this is a route that cornwall council had deemed to be safe and with government guidance, and the parents have been refused free public transport for their kids. it is seven miles -- three miles there and three miles back. the road has no pavement, no street lighting, and in winter months, the children will have to walk to and from school in the dark on a single track road with cars, tractors, and lorries. there are similar stories all around cornwall. will the prime minister look at these and see what can be done? pm may: i say to my honorable friend, obviously we are as i have indicated committed to recognizing responsibility to local authorities in these matters, and we have committed to providing them with funding they need. we have increased funding for cornwall for 2019, as i said it is a matter for local authorities to decide how to spend their funding and make decisions on local matters. i would agree with him to encourage local authorities to make sure th

the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman powell. welcome back again. i want to thank you for spending some private time with me. we had a wonderful discussion. en you were here last, but i watched your testimony over in the senate yesterday. and i want to clarify something with you. you talked about the regional banks, those banks that are at the -- between 100 billion and 200 billion in range. and you talked about senate bill 2155, which i supported very strongly, and we got good support on in terms of the banking regulations. but in senate bill 2155 we gave you, the fed, substantial authority, rule making, to tailor regulations for these mid-sized banks, for these important regional banks. and i watched the testimony, and you reassured the senators that the fed wasn't going to just flip the switch off on a unch of the enhanced standards , but instead, diligently work through a thoughtful and careful rule making. and i was very pleased to hear that. but i want to ask some clarifying, get some clare filing informati

mr. scott dueweke -- dedicate right? mr. dueweke is at dark tower, global advisory firm focused on cyber engineering solutions. he has advised senior leadership within financial institution, the united states government, come in national enforcement on issues involving alternative payment systems like crypto currency and application of blockchain to the financial healthcare supply chain, other industries, and last is ms. sheila krumholz. ms. krumholz is executive director for the center for responsive policies, a nonpartisan watchdog that tracks money in the u.s. politics on its website opensecrets.org. she briefly served as the sens research director supervising data analysis for opensecrets.org, and the centers clients. will you all please stand and be sworn? [witnesses were sworn in] >> thank you. be seated. mr. murray, you can lead us off. >> thank you, chairman graham and ranking member whitehouses for convening this hearing to discuss protecting our election from foreign interference. and thank you for the invitation t

mr. scott from georgia suggested that his state would be the most hard-hit state by the trade war. i take issue with that. my state of michigan no doubt will suffer the most of the trade war ends badly. it is my concern. and i spent 30 years in business, a lot of deals, found work in collaborative rather than a scorched earth approach is more productive. we consider the president's comments in qucbec, his comments yesterday in brussels, the comments about the wall, i worry that it is going to be difficult to reform nafta in a way that will not end up hurting my state, the state of michigan peer by the way eemy district has the largest number of ford motor employees of any district in the country.y.and so, i just like your thoughts. he said you've been to canada, you going to mexico. i would like answer from you and how you address some of the bluster from the president which diagain, john is a different story. you say is complicated so talk about that another day. i do want to know we will end up in a good place as it relates to my state of michigan. >> i'm cautiously optimistic bu

quay, lucas, austin scott of georgia, crawford, mrs. hartzler, rodney davis of illinois, yoho, marshal, david cott of georgia, costa, walls, grisham of eu han new mexico of new mexico. from the committee on education and the work force for considerations of 4204 and 9131 of the house bill and modifications committed to. ms. foxx, mr. allen and ms. adams. from the committee on energy and commerce for substilets a and b 6203, e 6, section 6202, 01, 407, 6409, 6603, 7 605, 8106, 8507. 9119, 9121 and 11101 of the

on our second panel mr. scott leiendecker who is the ceo of knowink, it's a company that provides the ipad registration booklets in more than half the states now, including the district of colombia. mr. peter lichtenheld is the vice president of operations of hart inter civic. and bryan finney is the ceo and founder of democracy live. he is representing the sector coordinating council. so we've moved from the government part of the hearing to the nongovernment part of the hearing and we will see how this goes, but we are glad to have you here and we have your written testimony, it's part of the record. mr. leiendecker, if you want to start by either reading or summarizing what that testimony has told us before we get a chance to ask you a couple of questions that would be fine. >> sure. thank you, senator blunt. ranking member klobuchar and members of the committee. thank you for today's opportunity to be here. i'm grateful for your willingness to engage and take into consideration the vendor's perspective.

. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning chairman powell. thank you for being here. it certainly is difficult to find negative news as it relates to our economic reality. we are in the third-largest economic expansion since 1854. 19. not 1954 of 1854. 18 year low in our on employment rates, african-american unemployment for the first time in recorded history below 6% at 5.9%. hispanic on employment at 4.6%. the lowest recorded as well. wage growth 2.7%, the highest levels in 2009 in the atlanta federal reserve suggests we could have 5% gdp growth in the second quarter. small businesses have not been this optimistic in 45 years. that's got to be a record. beyond a doubt, tax reform combined with responsible regulations have resulted in more americans having more money in their pockets and another great example of the economic reality that we face today is that the core labor force participation rate is starting to climb in the right direction. my question for you is what has been the overall impact of the economi

mr. mullin: i yield two minutes to the gentleman, mr. scott perry. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. perry: the e.p.a. has imposed the substantial competitive barriers despite the industry's significant reduction in methane emissions through their own initiatives and innovation. what's not known is that through the e.p.a.'s own analysis, it shows that methane emissions from hydrolically fractured natural gas wells have fallen drastically. according to e.p.a. data -- not y data -- e.p.a. data, methane emissions went down 38%. nd natural gas wells, that was 73%. total emissions are actually down 11% from 2005 despite the significant increase in production. this is market forces at work. american producers developed means for capturing additional methane because doing so means they have more product to sell. profitability rather than a top-down washington regulation drove this unprecedented emissions reduction. in fact, in 2012 alone, voluntary methane emissions activities by the u.s. oil and gas industry generated $364 million

the chair recognizes the gentleman mr. scott. >> you get to keep your time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. thank you sir. >> you know i've been at this beer on this rule since its inception. if you'll recall we put.frank together we required the sec to come up with a rule that would raise the broker-dealer standard and would harmonize that standard with the obligations that investment advisors have to follow today. here's the point. when we did that and would put that in that frank, what we exclusively said that was the sec responsibility, not the department of labor. now, the department of labor the engine does have said this with the retirement account, but you see, where this is, if we don't have the sec at the leadership, being aggressive, to be able to set the standards the way they are. as i said i've been dealing with this. i was the only democrat crossover and vote for this bill with ms. wagner. we were able to increase that great bipartisanship when we got to the floor with two more democrats were growing this bipartisanship, but there is

[applause] >> mr. president, my name is scott price, pleased to represent u.p.s. where we're committing to 51,750 new roles through higher education and apprenticeships. president trump: thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. president, i'm julie murphy from wal-mart and we commit to train and develop over one million associates in the next five years. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. that is fantastic. thank you. so that's a big beginning. that's much bigger beginning, ivanka, than anyone thought possible. we're very proud of everybody in this room. you folks for so many years i've known so many of you but that is really a great commitment so we appreciate it. we're just getting started. we need people to be trained. we need people that are going to go out and really love their job and that's what you're going to do and those are great jobs. thank you all, fred, thank you, everybody. this is a big, big day for our country. there's never been anything done like this before. and you see the numbers. so we're going to need all of these people. and mo

scott. >> thank you very much, welcome, mr. secretary. >> mr. secretary, the people of this nation are very worried, they're very concerned about this trade war, make no mistake about it, both democrats and republicans are very much worried about it. now i really want you to listen very carefully to me, because there is no state that could be so devastating impact on this than my beloved state of georgia. let me explain to you how. let's take the fact that poultry, for example, georgia is the leading producer of poultry in the world and according to our national chicken council and leading chicken producers like tysons food, they've informed me that in 2014, for example, u.s. chicken exports to mexico, one of our most important markets alone, totalled $800 million. but during the same period, mr. secretary, brazil, brazil's exports went up from 50 million to 200 million. if we continue to put up these trade barriers in mexico, it is clear as a bell to anybody looking at this that they will take even much more of the market, leaving american chic

. >> the chair now recognizes mr. scott. >> thank you. welcome back again. i want to thank you for spending private time with me. we had a wonderful discussion. we covered a lot of territory when you were here last. i watched your testimony in the senate yesterday, i want to clarify something with you, you talked about the regional banks, those banks that are between 100 billion in 200 billion in range. you talked about senate bill 2155, i supported very strongly and we got it support on that in terms of the banking regulations. but, in senate bill 2155, we gave you, the fed, substantial authority through rulemaking to tailor regulations for these midsize banks and important regional banks. that the people of this nation would want to hear from you. are we are we not in a trade war? >> adjustments time has expired. the chair will not recognize the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman, you are my fourth chairman of the federal reserve that i've had the opportunity to interact with on the committee. my best use perhaps is to

i want to thank mr. meeks and mr. scott for working with me on the exchange regulatory improvement act which passed the financial services committee unanimously and also for mr. sherman working with me on the build act which passed the committee unanimously. i appreciate the bipartisan work we have seen to come together on this bill. and i echo my strong support with all of my colleagues in support of this bill. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i'm pleased to yield one minute to mr. budd who is the lead sponsor in one of the provisions of the bill, the encouraging public offerings act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. budd: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support of this bipartisan jobs and investor confi

mr scott man. you wait for one bus question, and then seven, at once! cornwall council have deemed a walking route toa council have deemed a walking route to a school safe and parents have been refused free public transport for their kids. it is three miles there and three miles back and the road has no pavement, street lighting, and in winter the children will be as to walk to and from school in the dark on a single—track road with cars, tractors and lorries. there are similar rub is all around cornwall. will the primaries to speak to local councils about what can be done. obviously, we are committed in recognising the responsibilities that local authorities have in these matters and we are committed to providing them with the funding they need. we have increased funding for the following year to be increased by 18 billion. i agree with the honourable gentleman and would encourage authorities to take into account the wishes and concerns of the communities that they serve, including the community that my honourable friend has referred to. mr speaker,

thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning. thank you for being with us. it is difficult to find negative news as it relates to our economic reality. the truth is we are in the third-largest economic expansion since 1854. not 1954, 1854. the 18 year low in employment rates, african american unemployment for the first time in recorded history ballistics percent -- below 6%. hispanic unemployment at 4.6%, lowest recorded as well. wage growth at 2.7%, the highest level since 2009. and the other the federal reserve suggests we could have a 5% gdp growth in the second quarter. the good news keeps on coming. small businesses, they have not been this optimistic in 45 years. got to be a record. beyond a doubt, tax reform, combined with responsible regulations, have resulted in lower -- in americans having more money in their pockets. and another great example of economic reality that we face today, is the core labor force participation rate has a stabilized since 2013 and is climbing in the right direction. my question for you is, what

. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman, over here. welcome back. >> thank you. >> good to have you've, secretary carson. secretary, i examined your background and looked at your bio, and you and i have some things very much in common. both of our parents did domestic work, and mine, for example, i lived women the, we did -- my mother was the cook and maid and my father the chauffeur and butler in scarsdale, new york, where is was not only the only african-american kid in my school at junior high school but also also the only african-american in the whole city, the only african-american kid in the whole city of scarsdale. but we had parents there that took interest and focused us and were hard working, and without that, plus a helping hand, many helping hands, for us to come to where you're sitting as a cabinet official for the president of the united states, of course to me and n my 15th 15th year of congress-wouldn't have made it wow loving parents that gave us that discipline, courage, and also the helping hand.

mr. high-flyer scott rothstein didn't use investor money to file lawsuits. instead he used that money to fund his champagne and yachts lifestyle. >> we three kings be stealing the gold. >> reporter: in the end it would be the largest ponzi scheme in florida history. how big did it get? >> ballpark, $1-1.5 billion. >> reporter: and then halloween eve, 2009. more than a year had passed since melissa's murder with tony villegas still sitting in jail awaiting trial, and another twist to the story. >> scott rothstein has disappeared. >> reporter: unlike melissa, scott was not a murder victim. but he was a fugitive, a bernie madoff figure on the run. he had left the country in a private jet for morocco with $16 million in cash and his collections of watches and jewelry, fleeing after learning unhappy investors had gone to the fbi. one month later, he was back in florida, but not under arrest. what no one knew was that scott had cut a deal with the fbi to act as an informant. >> this is scott rothstein, november 16th, monday, 1:43 p.m. >> reporter: he wore a wire a

onill call it out on waters, illinois senator richard durbin, in this case, mr. scott pruitt. host:, as far as hypocrisy what would you list chief among them? caller: in the position he held of the epa, you should strike a balance between the industries, coal, for individuals who want to save forests from being chopped down. host: are you saying he did not achieve that balance? why? let personalse he greed get in the way of what he was supposed to do, of his job. ont: massachusetts, janet, democrat line. caller: hi. i got a request and a comment. the comment on scott pruitt. , thatk we can all thank woman with her baby on her hip , stood there and confronted him, you could see it in his face, he was resigning then. that is my comment. host: you think it is the public pressure that forced him to make the decision? caller: yes. he finally found his heart. she found it for him. anyway. she talked about how her baby will be affected by the pollution. that he is creating. my request, would you please limit the time you put on the air, donald trump's diatribes. tvave to go running t

department of justice official scott schools mr schools was a top career official at the u.s. department of justice then report to general counsel tony west and incidentally mr wellness west is also a former justice department official who her policies and practices are currently the subject of five federal investigations and lighter news they are participating in the scooter rental company lime formerly lime bike who will participate with other companies including google's venture capital arm g.v. and a joint effort to inject three hundred thirty five million dollars of capital into lyme. and given all of the tamal just going on around the world in major markets starting to see things like trade tensions reflected in stock prices here to tell us what's our mo the c.e.o. and founder of the stock which was always a delight to have you a lot of folks may have thought that these trade were wars were sort of a passing thing maybe a little bit of a reality t.v. for mr trump's part but with two hundred million in tariffs then the chinese responding this gets to be what everett dirks

the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman powell. excuse me. welcome back again. i want to thank you for spending some private time with me. we had a wonderful discussion and covered a lot of territory when you were here last. but i watched your testimony over in the senate yesterday and i want to clarify something with you. you talked about the general banks, those banks that are at the -- between $100 billion and $200 billion in range. and you talked about senate bill 2155. which i supported very strongly and we got good support on in terms of the banking regulations. but in senate bill 2155, we gave you, the fed, substantial authority through rule-making to tailor regulations for these midsized banks, for these important regional banks. and i watched the testimony and you reassured the senators that it is fed wasn't going to just flip the switch off on a bunch of the enhanced prudential standards, but instead would diligently work through a thoughtful and careful rule-making. and i was very pleased to hear that. b

mr pruitt has been the subject of numerorus stories which have called his conduct in office into question. our north america editor jon sopel has more. it talks about the toll that it took on his family and the vile accusations that have been levelled against him. if you go through the charge seek to make sheet, it is something. the resignation is in tone. —— the charge sheet. it says it is extremely difficult to see is serving you in this role because i counted as a blessing to be serving you in any capacity. and so it goes on in that rather, if you use to british politics, stomach churning, if you have just eaten a meal. but for scott pruitt, the list of allegations that would have kind of failed anyone else. the get draining the swamp, he was a i—man swan. only the swamp, he was a i—man swan. only the replacement is the easy bit. getting a replacement through a confirmation hearing, that is the really difficult bit. if donald trump wants to appoint another scott pruitt who is going to kind of package himself in a similar way to scott pruitt, i think that becomes immensely diffi

mr. huffman, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: motion to recommit on h.r. 3281 offered by mr. huffman of california. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the motion to recommit. 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: on this vote, the yeas are 187, the nays are 230, the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from california. mr. nunes: request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise

[applause] >> mr. president, sir, good to see you again. >> scott walker. you know who this is, right? [laughter] he's building the most incredible place you've ever seen in wisconsin, right, scott? i just left. that's going to be -- tell us about that for a second. go ahead. >> yes, sir. we're, you know, bringing an industry back to america that hasn't been here in probably over at least 30 years which is advanced electronics manufacturing. and we're going to bring that into southeast wisconsin. as part of that, i'd like to pledge today to provide enhancedded career opportunities for 13,000 americans in wisconsin. >> that's great. fantastic. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] liz: foxconn, of course, is the company that assembled a lot of the apple iphones overseas, bringing a big plant to america. >> -- training opportunities over the next five years. >> thank you. [applause] >> mr. president, the home depot is pleased to provide enhancedded training and opportunities for 50,000 associates at the home depot for the next five years. >> fantastic. >

huffman: finally, finally, scott pruitt is gone. after months of scandal, 19 separate investigations, countless ethical failures, abuses of official office at taxpayer expense, finally this corrupt swamp creature that's been heading our environmental protection agency announced his resignation last week. as welcomed as this news is, for many of us let as be clear, scott pruitt was far from the only creature in the toxic trump swamp. another great example is our secretary of commerce, wilbur ross who provetted from short sales in a russian linked navigation company. and he made those short sales only after learning that journalists with "the new york times" were about to expose his conflicts of interest. apparently while serving as our commerce secretary, ross was also partial owner of a chinese company and a cypriot bank that's part of special counsel robert mueller's investigations. these are scandals that in any other previous time would bring down a cabinet secretary, but in this swamp climate of the trump administration, it's ju

chief scott pruitt has resigned. >> he has resigned? >> mr. pruitt is the subject of at least 13 federal investigations. >> this is not a surprise, it's really been a long time coming. >> how did an ordinary british couple become exposed to a military grade nerve agent? >> residents here are once again on edge. >> all we want to know is are you safe.

again, scott pruitt is out and mr. wheeler is now in. we will get information. trying to get john roberts back up on the north lawn for us. more on this. and, remember, the epa chief scott pruitt has an embroiled in controversies about his expenses. theed a mrs. managers said we went past that and then there was the condominium in d.c., he rented this konld minimum, $50 a night, one room, and apparently that was also controversial because it might have been against the rules. the administration overlooked that. he's been under great pressure from even conservatives saying that the epa chief scott pruitt needs to resign. and now he apparently has resigned. we just did a story couple of days ago on a woman who walked up to him in a restaurant and scott pruitt was sitting there, eating. the woman walked up and videotaped it and she posted on it social media, literally reading pruitt the riot act about the list of controversy he was embroiled in and ended by saying you should resign. scott pruitt looked her directly in the eye, did not say a word, but then as she wa

the controversial head of the us environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, has resigned. mr pruitt faces at least a dozen investigations into his spending habits and alleged misuse of office. president trump said he had done an outstanding job. now on bbc news — hardtalk‘s stephen sackur goes tojerusalem

. >> thank you we will now hear from mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez planning department the subject at 826-828 does allow for three dwelling units in 2016 the property owner sought a letter of determination to remove the notice of special restrictions since that time planning code requirements have changed to be less burdensome for dwelling units and one of the reasons was that a third unit added would have to provide accessible parki ng place and while that provision exists does allow that to be satisfied with bicycle parking. when you are adding one new unit you don't trigger the requirem ent, now it's two or more units in the subject's zoning district. we issued the letter of determination and released the special restrictions to remove that restriction from the property and must meet all planning and zoning requirements . in march of 2017, the appellant filed the subject variance application because the proposeed third dwelling unit does not meet feasible open space of the planning code subject for hearing in au

. >> reporter: mr. trump silent about scott pruitt. the epa administrator resigning, effective today. >> inquiries in extravagant spending that cost taxpayers millions. >> fancy lotions and maxwell fun. >> urge you to resign. >> could his replacement be worse for the environment? >> this little girl. she is 8. she hasn't seen her mom in 55 days. >> this is an unprecedented situation. >> what about the other 3,000? let's go get those kids back with their parents. >> the agency is conducting dna tests by taking a cheek swab of every child. >> we are concerned this information could be used to track the families and children for the rest of their lives. >> translator: we have to suffer a lot of pain, she says. it's difficult not knowing how they are. >>> the trade wars first shots are officially fired. at midnight, the president's tariffs on chinese goods went into effect and china's retaliation went into effect thereafter according to the chinese government. this is making life difficult for everyone involved in trade. a boat sped up on

scott: what steps have you taken to listen to their concerns and represent their interests. mr. casten: i've had a lot of fun going to a lot of high schools. i'm trying to get to the government classes because they're smart kids and i think they know a lot more than us sometimes. the students organized the gun violence debate. show up.0 people peter and i were both invited. andad a host of interns last week after the kavanaugh ruling we brought in some really, really impressive, i admit, somewhat older women, to chat about what's going on and what's at stake for and women's lives right now. people who feel i'm not listening to them, orase swing by my office give me a call. rep. roskam: in this congress, 475 meetings in this constituency in the 6th district, in the office, in meetings, in schools, in companies and visits and and so forth. moderator: criticism you don't hold town meetings. enough.kam: fair sean could have interestingly whenished senator durbin he was at a press event last week for doing the exact same the obamacare debate when senator durbin in august of 2009 reco

we're making the right decision to put mr. wheeler in the position to lead this department forward and execute the president's agenda. >> to harland's point real quick, i mean, scott pru it in 19 months had 15 investigations into his handling of finances, interactions -- >> what does that have to do with his accomplishments? >> he's the cabinet secretary. i mean accomplishments? do they matter more than actually respecting the office? >> neil: michael you raise a good point. but this is what is going to really be theeth d of them, already is, ron, you touched on it, too. no longer served at the pleasure of the president, embarrassing the president. anyone else would have been out of the job much earlier, if not for the things that he was doing that the president liked. but what is the lesson here? >> well, the lesson is, i mean, i liked how trump approached when dr. tom price found himself in a similar situation. it was a very short leash. he was dismissed. he resigned quickly. i would have liked the shorter leash. it opened u

. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator scott. >> thank you mr. chairman. good morning chairman powell and thank you for being with us. >> good morning, senator. >> it certainly is difficult to find negative news as it relates to our economic reality. the truth of the matter is we're in the third largest economic expansion since 1854, not 1954, 1854 18-year low in the unemployment rates. african-american unemployment for the first time in recorded history below 6% at 5.9% hispanic unemployment at 4.6 wage grow 2.7%, the highest level since 2009 and the atlanta federal reserve suggests that we could have a 5% gdp growth in the second quarter and the good news keeps on coming small businesses have not been this optimistic in 45 years. got to be a record beyond a doubt tax reform combined with responsible regulations have resulted in more americans having more money in their pockets and another great example of the economic reality that we face is that the core prime age labor force participation rate is stabilized since 2013 and started to climb in the right

the controversial head of the us environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, has resigned. mr pruitt faces at least a dozen investigations into his spending habits and alleged misuse of office. president trump said he had done an outstanding job. now on bbc news — hardtalk‘s stephen sackur goes tojerusalem to interview mayor nir barkat. welcome to hardtalk, with me, stephen sackur. this ancient city has arguably stirred up more passion, argument and hostility than any other. israel claims it as its undivided capital, a claim which runs counter to international law and much world opinion, but it has been boosted by the decision of donald trump to move the us embassy here. well, my guest today isjerusalem's mayor, nir barkat. can israel conclusively win the struggle forjerusalem? mayor nir barkat, welcome to hardtalk. welcome tojerusalem, steve. thank you. you're coming to the end of your second term, you've declared there will be no third term, so it's time to look back, in a way. what do you think you have achieved in your, pretty much, a decade in charge ofjerusalem? w

i'm going to call you scott because it seems weird to call you mr. vanderwal when i know you so well. here's what's frustrating for me. because i look at the reason that this is a crisis right now is because we've gone through four or five years of really low commodity prices. and if we had perfect trade agreements and our ag products were able to get into every market across the globe and we were treated fairly, we probably wouldn't have had as low of markets? president trump correctly identified we needed to fight for better trade agreements. would you agree with that? >> mr. chairman, yes, i would agree with that. i think we've kind of been beat out historically in some of these trade agreements. and admittedly, there are higher tariffs on our products going the other way than they are coming this way. >> exactly. i agree wholeheartedly. that's why this coming at this time creates such a crisis. we've been living with unfair trade agreements. we've been paying the price and our farmers and ranchers have been dealing with that when previous adminis

scott pruitt, has resigned. mr pruitt faces at least a dozen investigations into his spending habits and alleged misuse of office. president trump said he had done an outstanding job. in the next few hours, the us is set to start imposing tariffs of 25% on $34 billion worth of chinese exports, including industrial machinery and medical devices. china has hit back with tariffs on american agricultural produce. rescuers in thailand are stepping up their efforts to get the trapped boys out of a flooded cave before the weather closes in. thousands of litres of water have been pumped out of the caves, bringing the flood levels down. but the window of opportunity for any rescue is not expected to last long, as more rain is expected on sunday. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. on this programme: the home secretary tells mps the nerve agent that's poisoned a couple in wiltshire could be the same as that used against an ex russian spy and his daughter in march. it could

chief scott pruitt has resigned. >> he has resigned? >> mr. pruitt is the subject of at least 13 federal investigations. >> this is not a surprise, it's really been a long time coming. >> how did an ordinary british couple become exposed to a military grade nerve agent? >> residents here are once again on edge. >> all we want to know is are you safe. >> at least 17 people killed, 31 more injured in a fireworks explosion near mexico city. >> the hazmat situation, at baltimore's johns hopkins hospital after vials of tuberculosis were broken. prepared for the meeting, trust me, we'll do just fine. >> wildfires spreading >> here in northern california the battle against wildfires begins here at cash creek where water dropping helicopters are constantly filling up. >> teen life guards were a summer staple but now with too many openings, they are being replaced with a different age group. >> you are part of a nationwide trend. >> it's great. >> golodryga: good evening, jeff glor is off tonight, i'm bianna golodryga. this is our western edition. the