right based on the authority of your holy inspired word. i especially pray for the many representatives who are your true children by faith in jesus christ. grant them your favor and blessing and raise them up. give them supernatural strength for the work they do. give them great wisdom for the decisions they make and the direction in which they lead this nation. god, purify their motives, protect them from pride, help them bowless they break. make they never forget your promise, he who honors them, i will honor. in jesus name, the only name by which we have access to heaven i pray, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from washington, ms.delbene. ms.delbene: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one
the house is coming back in for the 2016 intelligence authorization measure. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016, for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the united states government, the community management account and the central intelligence agency retirement and disability system and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole house rose earlier today, amendment number 16 printed in house report 114-155 offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on vote on amendment number six printed in house report 114-155 by the gentleman from california, mr. schiff. on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in house report 114-155 offered by mr. schiff of california. the chair
rather create corral of critical of jfk, but the maturation of this man in his brief, all-too-brief time in the oval office, none theless, pretty admirable. and some, you know, having lived through those days as a young person, it was a delight really to go back and live through what kennedy did as president. host: what made you pick that up? guest: i had been to a lecture at the library of congress. they have a series of presidential biographies, and they, the last one was richard reeves. and they usually give you a copy of the book to read. and i had read this book, actually, a number of years ago, and i thought, well, i m going to revisit it. having heard the lecture and reeves personally. and i m so glad i did. of it was a delight to read. i m also reading jane mayer s book on dark money. that s less of a delight to read not because of her, but the stories are pretty disturbing. a story about really the unbelievable influence of, you know, right-wing billionaire mon
that was just a joy. every single day was fantastic. as much as you see is as much fun as we had every day on the set. we joked, we laughed, we never had an argument or a fight and on a film that is rare. we had to meet before she chose us and she met with each person and saw how our chemistry was with others and we all had amazing chemistry. i am so proud to be a part of it. it was so much fun. so much fun. [laughter] i missed brittany. that was the sad thing. but that is the thing about hollywood if any of you want to be an actress? how many want to be an actress? oh, good, that is fantastic. i don t have to tell the story. it is not as good as it seems. it has to be my acting coach told me it has to be your only option. the only thing you could every see yourself doing in order for you to withstand what you go through before you make it. there is a lot of rejection. [applause] when i tune in on the weekend, it is authors sharing new releases. watching the non-fic
endless wall along our borders and blame our challenges on immigrants, that does not just run counter to our history as the world melting pot. it contradicts the evidence that our growth and our innovation and our dynamism has always been spurred by our ability to attract strivers from every corner of the globe. that is how we became america. why would we want to stop it now? [applause] president obama: can t do it. which brings me to my third point. facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understanding of science these are good things. these are qualities you want in people making policy. these are qualities you want to continue to cultivate in yourselves as citizens. [applause] president obama: that might seem obvious. [laughter] president obama: and that s why we honor bill moyers or dr. burnell. we traditionally have valued those things, but if you were listening to today s political debate, you might wonder where this strain of anti-intellectualism came from. [laughter] [ap